I am very sorry but you are completely in the wrong here. You may have hated hot lunches. I did also. But that's not the issue and you cannot discuss social policy in terms of your preferences.
1. The imposition of the sandwiches is punitive. I doubt very much that the extra admin involved makes it cheaper. [In my school children who had free lunches had to line up in the classroom to get tickets, My mother complained and it turned out that this was the policy of the teacher, the headteacher put a stop to it instantly.]
2. There have been lots of studies about the connection between food and learning for children, and a hot meal produces better results. One consequence of this is that in poorer areas in the UK, many schools have a breakfast club to make sure that children who need it, get a hot meal at the start of the day.
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Date: 2009-02-27 08:36 pm (UTC)1. The imposition of the sandwiches is punitive. I doubt very much that the extra admin involved makes it cheaper. [In my school children who had free lunches had to line up in the classroom to get tickets, My mother complained and it turned out that this was the policy of the teacher, the headteacher put a stop to it instantly.]
2. There have been lots of studies about the connection between food and learning for children, and a hot meal produces better results. One consequence of this is that in poorer areas in the UK, many schools have a breakfast club to make sure that children who need it, get a hot meal at the start of the day.