The quality of the food is highly variable depending on locale. The reality is that some locales will be serving low-effort junk food for all three meals (all t

The quality of the food is highly variable depending on locale. The reality is that some locales will be serving low-effort junk food for all three meals (all the California schools I went to were like this) and others will be served hand-cooked meals made by grannies (a couple rural schools in flyover country served free meals this way -- quality was excellent). I frankly don't trust the government to provide a healthy diet on a consistent basis, their track record is remarkably poor in this regard. I don't have an issue with the idea of free meals, many locales already have something like that, but the execution is quite another matter.