Washington DC public schools, is one of the most impoverished regions in the Republic and is struggling to cope with sharp increases in poverty over the last 5 years.
According to 2009 census more than 6,000 DC residents fell below the poverty line for 2008-2009 and as unemployment continues to grow in 2010, more families have fallen into poverty.
According to the Washington Post, Washington DC public schools are responding by expanding their school meal programs even further that includes serving dinner to more than 10,000 hungry children in the district. It is estimated that the program, which will cost the school system about $5.7 million this year, comes at a time of heightened concern about childhood poverty in the city.
Let me be candid, for millions of children in the Republic, school meals are the only source of food they will eat within 24 hours. We’ve been focusing on decreasing childhood obesity all the while our youth are being underfed in the process.
As a great nation, can we not feed the children and has the Republic become a third-world nation or is it that we just don’t care? I guess the money that’s earmarked to construct new prisons than innovative public schools that could also feed those in need will provide three square meals for the youth once they arrive there.
Anthony P. Johnson
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