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A starving child rests alone on a bench, braving the streets until school can become a safe haven for her and many others when morning comes. This child is among millions of others who have, across decades, seen school as a safe place to escape the dangers of the outside world. Despite argument that providing healthy school meals would increase taxation, and the intrinsic, patriotically grounded fear of communism and socialism in America, the overall benefit of the process would greatly overshadow and withdrawals, through combatting the wealth inequality, and providing a chance for all.
Healthy, free meals would combat the wealth inequality through necessitated taxation, but also reduced food prices for needing families. In a study by the Food Research & Action Center, "research show[ed] that receiving free or reduced-price school lunches reduce[d] food insecurity, obesity rates, and poor health. In addition, the new school meal nutrition standards are having a positive impact on student food selection and consumption, especially for fruits and vegetables." These benefits cannot be ignored, as they not only temporarily boost morale and health, but also create lasting impressions on the subject students, helping to permanently develop good life habits.
Compounding this effect, by applying the change to the entire community, one can possibly eradicate the effects of peer pressure, which could lead to lasting effects of the area, helping to assuage community crises. In a quote attributed to the First Lady, Francis Wolf, by the Department of Education in PA, anyone may "Ask any teacher and they will tell you that food is a basic school supply – just like books, just like pencils." This quote cannot better support the cause, showing how food is not merely a necessity, but a valuable asset, in which quality and quantity are essential to proper development. In helping select and develop specific foods, administrators are inspiring everlasting change in their community, helping to enhance the experience of all students, and most importantly, it would do so equally.
