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    MORE U.S. TAX DOLLARS SPENT TO FEED ILLEGAL ALIEN CHILDREN

    Santa Ana, California is 90% Illegal Aliens (Hispanic)... Now AMERICANS hard-earned tax dollars are going to their kids to feed them free while MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING HUNGRY OR BARELY SCRAPING BY...

    Free meals for all at 18 Santa Ana schools

    The campuses are part of a pilot program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

    By FERMIN LEAL
    The Orange County Register

    SANTA ANA – Every student at 18 campuses in Santa Ana Unified School District will receive a free breakfast and lunch through the rest of the school year regardless of whether they qualify for the federal free and reduced-price meal program.

    Students at the campuses have been selected to participate in a U.S. Department of Agriculture pilot program to receive free meals for the 2009-10 school year. In the program, every student at the schools will be offered a free breakfast and lunch every day.

    Officials said the goal is to improve nutrition among students in schools serving the neediest populations. The 18 schools each have at least 85 percent of students already qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. Officials say the program will also help reduce administrative costs by freeing up district staff from processing thousands of free and reduced-price lunch applications.

    The USDA, which runs the free and reduced-price lunch program nationally, began the pilot program at districts across the country last year. Santa Ana Unified, the county's largest district with 55,000 students and 55 campuses, is the only district participating in Orange County.

    "All students are encouraged to participate daily in both the breakfast and lunch meal program and reap the benefits of having not one but two nutritious meals to start the day off in a positive manner," said Mary Lou Romero, director of the food service department for Santa Ana Unified.

    Romero said the program could be extended another three years if most students continue to participate.

    For 10 schools, this is the second consecutive year participating in the federal program. They are Jackson Elementary, Kennedy Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Lowell Elementary, Madison Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Washington Elementary, Carr Intermediate, Community Day Intermediate and Community Day High School.

    Eight new campuses were added this school year. They are Davis Elementary, Diamond Elementary, Edison Elementary, Franklin Elementary, Heninger Elementary, Heroes Elementary, King Elementary and Pio Pico Elementary.

    In Santa Ana Unified, a full-priced elementary school breakfast or lunch costs between $2 and $3 per meal. Breakfast dishes include cereal, English muffins with egg and ham, and breakfast burritos with potatoes, cheese and egg. Lunches include spaghetti with meatballs, crispy turkey filet sandwiches, and teriyaki beef with brown rice.

    Many parents in Santa Ana welcome the program as a way to promote health for children who instead may eat fast food, or other less nutritious meals. At the same time, parent say the program allows families to save money in tough economic times.

    "This program makes a lot of sense," said Graciela Cervantes, a parent at Davis Elementary. "If nearly all students at this school already qualify for a free lunch, why not just give it to everyone?"

    Families who wish to apply for free meals but who do not attend one of the 18 pilot schools must still fill out an application to determine their eligibility for free meals, district officials said. For those campuses, parents need to meet the household income guidelines set by the federal government.

    For example, a household of four needs to earn a maximum of about $39,000 annually to qualify for a reduced-price meal and $27,500 for free meals.

    Contact the writer: 714-704-3773 or fleal@ocregister.com

    http://www.ocregister.com/articles/elem ... nts-school

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    GRRRR!
    Many parents in Santa Ana welcome the program as a way to promote health for children who instead may eat fast food, or other less nutritious meals. At the same time, parent say the program allows families to save money in tough economic times.
    Tough economic times, I assume when the wage-earner cannot support the eight anchor babies or the load that just got smuggled in, by not getting daily yob from day labor center.
    If this does not stop by closing the borders, we will be begging for anything we can get.
    Redefine the 14th Amendment, please.
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    Now why isn't this being done in inner cities, where there are enough American kids not getting enough food? There is NO excuse for this.
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