Chicago public schools are now forced to serve breakfast in all elementary classrooms.
At the Chicago schools that have recently started serving breakfast in class, early results show that the number of kids eating has gone from 26 percent of the student body to 62 percent. Critics say that doesn’t mean kids were hungry before — just that they’re eating now.
Before Thursday, about 200 Chicago schools had already been serving breakfast in class. Complaints only emerged when schools like Audubon, with sizeable middle-class populations, were required to participate. That’s caused some to say opposition is class- and race-based, which critics deny.
How about serving all the kids dinner. Ah heck. Why do we need parents anymore at all?
