Eat your vegetables!
Posted on 02/27/2014 8:21:56 PM PST by Nachum
The federal government’s changes to school lunch menus have been disastrous, causing problems for cafeterias trying to comply with the rules and leaving the menu so expensive or unpalatable that more than 1 million students have stopped buying lunch, according to a government audit released Thursday.
One school district told federal investigators that it had to add unhealthy pudding and potato chips to its menu to meet the government’s minimum calorie requirements. Other school districts removed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from their elementary school menus.
Five of the eight school districts surveyed by the Government Accountability Office, the official watchdog for Congress, said they believed students were going hungry because of smaller entree portions demanded by the rules.
Cafeterias regularly reported finding fruits and vegetables, which they are required to serve, ending up in trash cans. Although no studies have been completed, the government has found an increase in what it calls plate waste in some districts.
Despite the hiccups, school food authorities said they generally support the nutritional changes and think the menus are moving in the right direction.
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Let's start with a little dose of reality--there is no such G--D--- thing as a "school food authority." There are only a-hole bureaucrats.
Eat your vegetables!
We used to call them the lunch ladies.
“so expensive that more than 1 million students have stopped buying lunch”
only kids whose parents work. the welfare kids can still stuff their face for free.
This was all because of an over-nurished first lady who lacks self control?
They surveyed a whole 8 school districts?
Billions have blown on this nonsense. The kids resist complying with Moochelles edicts. Bad bad- -children!
Fascism is as fascism does. Works the same whether lunches or health care or whatever.
After “her big-buttness” forced schools to implement the reduced caloric intake at schools.....our junior varsity football players were seen (by me picking my kids up in car line) walking to the local DQ and Subway AFTER SCHOOL to get tanked up on carbs/fat so they could get through practice that afternoon.
the welfare kids can still stuff their face for free.
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In our system, they get “free” breakfast from Burger King. I kid you not.
WE can hardly AFFORD fast food for our kids or to eat out as we used to. THEY get Burger King for breakfast.
Disgusting. And with all that money (ours)...she doesn’t get that malocclusion mess of a mouth fixed so she doesn’t look and talk like “Bubba Gump”. “Shwimp.” “Shruggle”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmajyVNuQL4
Moochelle, my bell.. You got some ‘splainin’ to do.
“..our junior varsity football players were seen (... walking to the local DQ and Subway AFTER SCHOOL to get tanked up on carbs/fat so they could get through practice that afternoon.
Those kids knew better. Her big-buttness” ought to butt out.
“Despite the hiccups, school food authorities said they generally support the nutritional changes and think the menus are moving in the right direction.”
“Despite the poor results, school food authorities said they generally support the nutritional changes and think the menus are moving in the right direction.”
Always the same story. “We’ll be conducting a review. Mistakes were made. Taken out of context.”
Every single thing. The results suck so we must be doing something right. I am so sick of this crap.
-——Other school districts removed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from their elementary school menus.-——
What in the heck is wrong with a PBJ sandwich ?
As a teenager that was almost a staple food item.... Come home from school and eat two or three until dinner...
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