CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Some say it’s one of those glimpses of Obama’s America.

Record numbers are on public assistance. The amount of Americans out of the workforce is at an all-time high.

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A record 21.7 million children receive a free- or reduced-price lunch at school.

And now, some 4 million students are receiving lunches through the summer, thanks to ever-expanding federal school meal programs.

“In the summer, when those school meals disappear, children find themselves hungry and with few options,” said Duke Storen, a senior director at Share Our Strength, tells CNN.

That hunger is now allegedly causing some kids to commit crimes.

Four juveniles, ranging in age from 10 to 16 years old, broke into Charlotte’s West Mecklenburg High School at 1:30 Monday morning.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department detectives say the school’s alarm was tripped at that time and they arrived to find a broken window.

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The children – three girls and one boy – “told detectives they were hungry and looking for food,” WSOC reports.

“Oh, that’s real sad. That’s beyond my imagination,” Reid Black says, who lives near the school.

“No, I just can’t imagine that. That is just hurtful. It hurts my heart,” according to Donna Green, whose child attends the school.

Detectives are now investigating the case for possible child neglect.