But think of the children

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture shuttered in the dispute over funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall, school districts across the country could be faced with scraping together emergency funds to feed low-income public schoolchildren if the shutdown continues another two months.

Rural districts with smaller budgets and more limited options to scrimp may be hit especially hard, but even New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Thursday of a coming crisis for his city’s more than 1 million students.

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One rural school district is already rationing fruit and vegetables.

Servings of fresh fruits and vegetables are disappearing from school lunch trays in rural Vance County, N.C.

The Prairie Hills school district in Kansas is worried about not being able to feed kids at all.

On top of that, there are thousands of new kids nationwide eligible for free or low-cost school meals because their parents have been furloughed by the federal government.

  Politico

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.