MI: How long before Rick Synder sends a crony to stop the free lunches at Detroit Schools?

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School districts across Michigan are weighing whether to join a new program that could feed hundreds of thousands of students two meals and a snack every day, courtesy of the federal government.

Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky were selected to participate through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Community Eligibility Option Program. All of Detroit Public Schools' estimated 65,800 students will receive the free food starting this fall.
An additional 600,000 students out of the state's 1.57 million students qualify for the free meals.

To be eligible for the program, a school or district must have at least 40 percent of its students receiving the free meals. School systems could opt in districtwide if they qualify or bring in individual buildings.
One of the goals is to eliminate the shame some students may feel in receiving free food, said Aaron Lavallee, U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman.




http://detnews.com/article/20110817/SCHOOLS/108170381/DPS-1st-in-Mich.-to-get-free-meals-for-all#ixzz1VIkYjUMZ