Terrible Lunch Policy

I'm tired of ignoring this. I took the school's name out to avoid embarrassment of those who are affected by this shame. I do know many other schools are now doing this "Cold Cheese Sandwich" policy aka "the Alternate Lunch" for students who can't pay their lunch bills. I owed over $30 because my family consists of my dad and I.
My single father tried his best to be able to provide lunch money for me so I could have a hot school lunch. Well guess what? with the rising costs of absolutely everything, he wasn't able to continue to do so.
I had two choices. Take the cold cheese sandwich or go hungry.
Most of the time, I had to go hungry because I was too ashamed to eat the sandwich. In fact, I skipped lunch and went to the library to avoid the looks and jeers from my fellow peers.
Despite my dad being a single working person, he had too much pride to apply for financial assistance so in turn, I was the one who had to suffer.
I had to have the cold cheese sandwiches. The school did offer plain peanut butter sandwiches, but there are so many students like myself, who have allergies to peanut butter (I can't digest it and it gives me acid so bad that I throw up).

I'm pretty sure that there is a new lunch policy under "No Child Hungry" and they're supposed to provide alternate lunches of meat, vegetables, fruit and milk. Am I incorrect?

You know what is mortifying? THIS pathetic excuse for a lunch. I'm tired of people commenting and saying, "just pay your bill. We all have to." you know what? what if we have a parent who makes way less than $30K a year? then what? I have a job after school for a couple hours so I can try to get myself a better lunch than a cold cheese sandwich.

And once, I've had to return my hot lunch on my tray! yes! I had to give it back! do you realize how completely embarrassing that was?? I wanted to hide under the lunch table!!
I had to return the tray and was given a cold cheese sandwich, a small apple, and a carton of milk (which I can't drink milk either).

I wasn't able to be a part of the breakfast program in the mornings before school either due to my father's pride. So I had a slice of plain toast and a cup of plain coffee every single day before school. Sometimes I would have a banana too but that was it.
It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about all these students everywhere that all they get to eat for lunch is a cold cheese sandwich (no ham), or peanut butter (no jelly).
We deserve better. A lot better.
This photo shows what we get for lunch.
I edited her last name and photo to avoid embarrassment.