Lines Grow Long for Free School Meals, Thanks to Economy

   With the economy becoming worse the challenge for many americans is becoming diffucult to be able to afford their own kids lunches at school.  Millions of american children are already receiving free or low reduced cost meals.  Many middle class americans have lost their jobs recently which makes it harder to pay for their child meals.  Two years ago the average number of students that were receiving free or low reduced meals was about 18 millions and then last year the average number or students that were receiving this rose to 21 million students, which is an 17%  percent increase.  Eleven states, have had huge increases in children receiving free or low reduce costs meals including Florida, Nevada, New Jersey and Tennessee, which in four-year increases of 25 percent or more.  With more and more middle class people losing their jobs im sure the number of students receiving this will increase by alot.