our local school will definitely qualify as we have a large number of “rural poor” here.
However - as with most great liberal ideas - there will be unforeseen costs and unfunded mandates.
Our local schools are already stretched to the limit - cutting staff. Cutting programs and considering shutting down some facilities altogether.
This is no time to start a “new” program that is going to involve additional costs to the schools.
I hear ya.
I grew up in a rural area,, ate fat sandwiches for lunch sometimes.. remember lard on toast and beans if we had ‘em as a kid, other than joining the Marines, avoiding higher education, not running for higher office and staying off of the radar, worked for me. can’t make a good biscuit without a lil lard.. or so I hear. :-)