Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
Oh goody just waht the world needs - another health Nazi.
Actually, he's got a point.. The shit they're serving in schools now, compared to when I went is just that. Shit.
When I went, Friday's menu was whole milk, pizza (4"x4" slice), salad, some vegetable, a piece of garlic bread (maybe 2"x3"), and something like jello for dessert. That was your meal - there were no options, no substitutions, and certainly no junk food machines tucked into the corner.
Just as an example.
Now, from what I hear, you can practically get a big mac in school for lunch.
You know, as a parent, I have asked the school district about their food choices...their answer? They don't make money if they sell nutritious foods. I know the teachers at my daughter's middle school complained about the district selling Hot Cheetoes during "Nutrition Break"...they'd stuff a bag full in their mouths in 10 minutes, get that red powder all over the doorknobs and textbooks and sometimes even barf. The district said they sell it because they have to keep their food program in the black...
Then I suggest the solution to YOUR problem is to throw all the members of your school board out of office and replace them with people who don't think "making profits" is the priority in that regard. The solution is NOT to butt into how the rest of us are taking care of OUR children.
FYI, my local school district (which my own children don't actually attend, but I am still quite familiar with how it is run) employs nutritionists to make sure that school lunches are reasonably healthy and well-balanced. They're still not exactly TASTY, nothing you're going to find people clamoring for in restaurants, but they're decently edible. Many of the schools, particularly the middle and high schools, offer salad bars in addition to the regular school lunch.
It's amazing what you can bully your public officials into if enough of you bother to get involved.