There's no such thing as a free lunch. Vermont schools say there should be for kids
Vermont is inching closer to passing a bill to make school meals free for all public school students. It could be the next to join five other states to make the move after pandemic-era benefits.
Edorah Frazer has been the principal of Robinson Elementary School in Bristol, Vermont for eight years.
Each year there is one subject she always has to tackle: how to feed her 107 kids.
"When I first came into becoming a principal I was shocked by how much of my job had to do with food and not education," Frazer said. "If kids don't have access to food and if the food system isn't working, the kids are really limited in terms of their ability to learn."
Before the pandemic, about 45% of the students at Robinson qualified for either free or reduced-price meals. Parents had to fill out forms to determine if they were eligible and if not, it cost just over $2 a day for lunch.
Now, every student attending
