complained they couldn t hear each other in the meeting hall, but county officials voted 5-4 to end the policy of assigning children to schools based on income, that policy was intended to make sure that no school had more than 40 percent of their students on subsidized lunch programs. when it was first adopted in 1999, economics-based busing was seen as a way of moving beyond racial preferences while still ensuring this advantage had kids access to equal opportunities but parents living in the suburbs complained kids were having to travel too far to go to school. last year they elected a new majority to the school board that opposed the economics-based busing policy and ultimately that majority voted last night, again, 5-4, eliminating this policy. the school board will spend the next 15 months developing so-called neighborhood zones, and assigning school children to schools a little closer to home. jon? jon: jonathan serre from
agricultural secretary sonny purdue has ended michelle obama s healthy lunch programs. at lunch in virginia, he announced a rollback of school lunch standards advocated by the first lady saying his agency would take a more hands-off approach to nutrition and provide greater nutrition requirements, focusing on whole grain, milk options. he says kids aren t eating the food and it s ending up in the trash. still ahead, happy hour for lebron and company as the eastern conference semifinals get under way. sports is next. the following ad is being condensed for your viewing convenience. i finally switched to geico. oh yeah? ended up saving a ton of money on car insurance. i hear they have a really great mobile app. the interface is remarkably intuitive. that s so important.
lunch programs if you don t vote. everything we in our families depend on that comes from washington will be cut mississippi will never be the same. will you spend $5 on gas to vote or allow the tea party to set us back to the old bad days. vote against the tea party. vote thad cochran. the owner of this radio station is saying this came directly from one republican group against another republican? at the end of each of those add adds it has to be connected to a group. that group is haley barbour. he s got some answering to do on that. we did reach out to both camps. they re saying these are baseless and false. cochran, i don t believe that for a minute that s my
than that. slamming free lunch programs. talking about empty souls. that s championing those that want to go into the middle class, cynthia? you know, this is the worst assault that i have heard on the working poor since reagan was in office. you remember ronald reagan infamously claimed that if people are poor, it s their own fault and if government is doing anything to help them, it just makes it worse. paul ryan and other republican leaders have simply trotted out all of that old rhetoric, dressed it up a bit and rehashed it all over again. they have cut food stamps. they, many republicans in state capitals around the country, want to drug test people before they can get food stamps. they have no problem with crony
don t have to cover the increased health care cost from diseases with lifestyle of over eating and under exercising. she worked. she worked hard. and i m glad we have after school programs believe me i am. i m all for school breakfast and lunch programs for kids who don t get that at home. i m okay with remedial programs to help struggling kids and absolutely for children health initiative to make sure the kid did get treatment for their needs. i m not some conservative who think it s bad to have those things. i think it s just unfortunate that we need those things. and we do. but we shouldn t be critical of those who work really hard and stay at home for their kids when they can because they are saving us whole lot more money than hilary rosen will ever pay in taxes. [applause] that s my news. i welcome urts. contact me if you would like to. go to this web site and sign up for my face book paichbility also