Public school teachers in Maryland say they are seeing students who regularly come to school hungry and some teachers purchase food weekly for these students. A new report finds that 63% of Maryland teachers surveyed say children are not getting enough to eat at home and this is having a negative effect on students’ academic performance.
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Stop tolerating Irresponsible parents!
Why don't they investigate the homes of these children?
So lets throw more money at another program. If a family gets food stamps dont forget they also get free breakfast and lunch at school Plus a free cell phone. If we wanted to help we should redirect the money to helping the families become self supportive and functional families. All we do is create a dependant expensive mess out of society. Let me ask you this if your son or daughter had 4-5 kids and couldn't feed them how would you fix it? Would you "enable them" by free this and free that or would you build a support system????? The government Fed & State is the problem they suppress these peolpe instead of helping them. Its a gaurenteed voting block with Our Money!
Yeah people spending their food stamps on weekend parties with STEAMED CRABS ETC.... Give the basics with food stamps!!!!
I don't understand this when more than ever more people are getting food stamps. There was the president's push to increase the amount of money received in food stamps why are the kids hungry?
Perhaps if OMalley didn't take expensive trips on Md taxpayers, run citizens and businesses out of the state perhaps more parents could make enough money to feed these children raising taxes is just taking more money out of the parents pockets. I have recently heard that a person very close to him says that we would all be amazed at how much he parties and how much money he wastes. Marylanders need to start worrying now and vocalizing now as this man wants to be president omalley. I have one thing to say about that OMG AND GOD HELP US
Stop having so many kids for the rest of us to deal with. We are tired of paying people to produce kids they can't support.
I think some teachers are telling something un true.
I'm sure some of these parents send their kids to school to eat breakfast there because they know they are "eligible" for it. That way they don't have to buy it & can spend their money/food stamps on something else.
Stop making people comfortable in their poverty or they will never try to escape it.
A lot of these ppl who receive food stamps will trade, for instance, $150 of food stamps for $100 in cash. And absolutely...they shld NOT be able to buy seafood with those food stamps. What a slap in the face to the hard working ppl who have to come out of pocket to buy seafood. Its a luxury and shldnt be a part of the food stamp program.
Kids don't work in school because they know they don't need jobs later in life. Just do nothing, sit back and mass produce kids to get income.
So, report the parents to Social Svcs. and go about your job... TEACHING. Report your list every day if need be, but end it there. TEACH. Let SS do their job without your interference.
The schools are social services. Almost no attention is given to those who are self sufficient and able to learn. Millions of dollars are spent on things social services should be doing that have nothing to do with education or schooling.
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