I never used Twitter very much but I feel for people like you who have relied on Twitter for so long and grown these connections. I think it really exemplifies how important it is to have a community owned/managed platform

They've been trying to remove or severely limit lunch programs since I can remember on the basis that it makes the parents lazy (feels silly to even type)

Here's an idea: why not study it? Just look at parents who have kids in the lunch program. They won't because it is a ridiculous argument