[gitmo]

I recall my Aunt and Uncle being very angry because the school kept harrassing them to sign up for free meals for their son. They are very well off, but the school kept coming to their house and telling them there were ways to make it work.

[bigfootbob]

"I recall my Aunt and Uncle being very angry because the school kept harrassing them to sign up for free meals for their son."

That happens to me every Fall when my youngest starts back to school. They send us solicitaion after solicitation. Our school board have tried to alter the means test required because they "feel" it prevents proud parents from seeking assistance. So far they've been stymied, because the program is Fed funded and they require a means test.

A lesser known yet just as costly program is the one that gives schools extra dough for students that are members of an Indian tribe. We get these forms twice a year. Remember the 16th per cent rule form the Jim Crow days? It still exists in reverse. If you have any Indian blood in your heritage that can be id'ed then the school gets paid. The cousellors are always on the look for holdouts.