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WyldHrt -> RE: Chicago Scools Banning Lunches from Home (4/11/2011 9:54:06 PM)
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One) it is not the gov'tit is the school and the school district .
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Two )Adults coming here and telling horror stories about their own memories of school lunches is totally besides the point.We are talking about the here and now....nutrition and the value of healthy eating are given far more weight than they were in years past.
I disagree. Per the article, at least some of the kids forced to eat this 'healthy' food find it completely repellent and throw most of it away. Those of us who remember doing the same thing have experience with the way it affects a school child when lunch, no matter how healthy or unhealthy, winds up in the trash bin instead of the child.
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But I have choices...for most of the kids that these programs reach.....these are the only nutritionally rich meals they eat in a given day.
Most? Is there data available on that? It would be interesting to know how many kids need this program vs how many are forced into it by the school policy.
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Maybe this principal is over reaching,hell perhaps there is even a profit margin involved...though I tend to doubt that....the fact of the matter,the shame of it all is ,that these programs are necessary....too many parents are overwhelmed,too many parents are children themselves....and yes too many are just damm irresponsible.
Yes, but this policy takes responsibility away from the parents, and punishes the children of responsible parents, does it not? In fact, parents whose children do not qualify for free or reduced cost lunches are forced to pay for school lunches that their children may not even eat. Result? A nice fat bill for the parents ($40-$50 per month) and a hungry kid. Not really stellar in my book.
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None of which alters the fact that there are hungry children in this country....and that these programs strive to alleviate that problem.
The programs existing are not the issue. The issues are parents being told that they have no say in what their children eat at school and some being forced to pay for food that is wasted because the kids won't eat it.
C'mon, Mike, how would you as a (justifiably proud) Dad have reacted if your son's school had such a policy and you found out that the lunches you were paying for were winding up in the trash and your son was going hungry rather than eat them?
If this principal is really that concerned about healthy eating and confident in the quality of the food being served, I think that she should not only eat the cafeteria food herself, every day, but the rest of the staff should be required to do so as well. Having read some of the comments, I noticed one from a student at the school in question stating that the staff often eats McDonalds in the teachers' lounge rather than eating the excellent food served in the cafeteria.
Hypocrisy is fun!
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