I have spoken on many occasions about my commitment to ensuring that all children receive healthy meals, because I have been on the other side of a classroom where a kid returned on a Monday morning having not eaten, with their head on a desk, and the one thing that I know for sure is that hungry kids do not learn.
Hayes emphasizes the importance of providing healthy meals to children for effective learning.
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