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Providence elementary school students eat free this year
RI Future ^
| August 31, 2017
| By Bob Plain
Posted on 08/31/2017 1:33:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
School meals will be free for every elementary school student in the Providence Public School District this year, according to a press release from PPSD.
“Providence Public Schools are committed to creating educational environments that support health and wellness,” said School Board member Robert Gondola, the chairman of the board’s Health and Wellness Committee. “The decision to make all elementary school meals free to students removes the financial stress some families may feel and ensures that students have both breakfast and lunch readily available to them.”
The meals will be paid for by the federal government through the Community Eligibility Provision. Part of former President Barack Obama’s 2010 Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islandofrhode; nannystate
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Free food. It just magically appears in Rhode Island school cafeterias.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
More “Government as Father.”
This is wrong.
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:34:15 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(The UK has no death penalty, unless you are an 11 month old infant with no arrest history)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Free for thee, but not for me.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:34:46 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
redistribution of public debt
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:35:39 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
You can’t live on PopTarts!
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:36:32 PM PDT
by
EnglishOnly
(Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Free Free Free Free Free Free
(of course, they had to steal it from somebody)
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:36:44 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I guess it’s good for them that Moochelle is not planning their menus.
btw . . . dat food ain’t free!
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:39:57 PM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What is the definition of “free?”
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:46:50 PM PDT
by
Yogafist
To: EnglishOnly
“You can’t live on PopTarts!
The hell you say.
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:47:33 PM PDT
by
MPJackal
("From my cold dead hands.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Are they cutting their Parent’s EBT benefits to pay for it?
11
posted on
08/31/2017 1:48:14 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Then they’ll beg the rest of the country for money after they’ve already shot their wad.
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:52:10 PM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: Kickass Conservative
John Kerry(who served in Viet Nam) no longer pays for a boat slip there. Lower $$ in the tax till.
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posted on
08/31/2017 1:53:00 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Make the big PR buildup now so that when Trump kills the program you can go on TV and cry about how “he’s taking food out of the mouths of children”.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Mission Creep
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:09:02 PM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
To: freedumb2003
School meals will be free for every elementary school student in the Providence Public School District this year, according to a press release from PPSD.There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Someone always pays. In this case, the federal taxpayer foots the bill.
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:14:27 PM PDT
by
DakotaGator
(Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
To: DakotaGator
ahhh.....but the children grow up, and when you try to tell them that there is no Free Lunch they look at you funny and say “Yes there is, I got one in grade school every day.”
Then they go out and vote Democrat.
To: Kickass Conservative
Are they cutting their Parent’s EBT benefits to pay for it? That's doubtful.
“The decision to make all elementary school meals free to students removes the financial stress some families may feel and ensures that students have both breakfast and lunch readily available to them.”
And the parents most likely have the latest and greatest smartphones and "unlimited data plans!"
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:20:29 PM PDT
by
mcmuffin
(Jan. 20, 2017, Thank God!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In other news, new and higher tax rates were announced throughout the state of Rhode Island.
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:23:20 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
08/31/2017 2:25:31 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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