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Two school staffers distribute meals to families in the Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania school district during the pandemic. In Wisconsin, Waukesha is the only school district to reject funding for universal meals this year. (Photo: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)
Hundreds of families and educators in Waukesha, Wisconsin are calling on the city's school board to reverse a decision it made earlier this year to opt out of a federal meal program that was introduced at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, offering free food to students regardless of income.
"The Waukesha School Board's decision isn't just cruel, it's an attempt to punish children from families with lower incomes who are disproportionately Black and brown."
--Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin state treasurer
\u201cThis decision by the Waukesha School Board is a vile attack on our children\u2014especially targeting children of color, who experience poverty at a disproportionately higher rate. No matter their family income, it\u2019s unacceptable for any student to go hungry at school.\u201d— Wisconsin Democrats (@Wisconsin Democrats) 1630084079
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Hundreds of families and educators in Waukesha, Wisconsin are calling on the city's school board to reverse a decision it made earlier this year to opt out of a federal meal program that was introduced at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, offering free food to students regardless of income.
"The Waukesha School Board's decision isn't just cruel, it's an attempt to punish children from families with lower incomes who are disproportionately Black and brown."
--Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin state treasurer
\u201cThis decision by the Waukesha School Board is a vile attack on our children\u2014especially targeting children of color, who experience poverty at a disproportionately higher rate. No matter their family income, it\u2019s unacceptable for any student to go hungry at school.\u201d— Wisconsin Democrats (@Wisconsin Democrats) 1630084079
Hundreds of families and educators in Waukesha, Wisconsin are calling on the city's school board to reverse a decision it made earlier this year to opt out of a federal meal program that was introduced at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, offering free food to students regardless of income.
"The Waukesha School Board's decision isn't just cruel, it's an attempt to punish children from families with lower incomes who are disproportionately Black and brown."
--Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin state treasurer
\u201cThis decision by the Waukesha School Board is a vile attack on our children\u2014especially targeting children of color, who experience poverty at a disproportionately higher rate. No matter their family income, it\u2019s unacceptable for any student to go hungry at school.\u201d— Wisconsin Democrats (@Wisconsin Democrats) 1630084079