Parents, schools react to Trump rollback on school lunches

KCCI-TV ^ | May 3, 2019 | Max Diekneite

[Trump.Deplorable]

Don’t like what the school serves?

Pack your kid a lunch

Simple as that

[NorthMountain]

Abolish government schools.

[beethovenfan]

The “whole grain” thing has been debunked.

[DennisR]

But that requires work! I need to be on Facebook and Twitter instead!

[Dr. Sivana]

Such language. It isn’t a rollback. It is a restoration.

[metmom]

"I guess it's upsetting or annoying if we're not doing what's best for our kids," said Courtney Starbuck, a parent at Hubbell Elementary in Des Moines, adding that she relies on the school to provide her 7-year-old, Audrey, with a healthy meal. "The schools are just a place I can trust that my daughter is being well cared for, including her health and well-being and nutrition."

What an idiot.

If you want your kid to eat better, be the adult and the parent, and pack your daughter her lunch yourself.

Stop depending on someone to do your job for you.

[jtal]

she relies on the school to provide her 7-year-old, Audrey, with a healthy meal. "The schools are just a place I can trust that my daughter is being well cared for, including her health and well-being and nutrition."

Wow.

[Fungi]

Amen. Fools on parade, imbibing and regurgitating the leftist creed on demand. Idiot? Way to kind, way too kind. I can think of a few choice words to describe her, but I dare not.....

[ChildOfThe60s]

Free stuff and someone else is responsible for your kid.

What a deal!

[DakotaGator]

"I guess it's upsetting or annoying if we're not doing what's best for our kids," said Courtney Starbuck, a parent at Hubbell Elementary in Des Moines, adding that she relies on the school to provide her 7-year-old, Audrey, with a healthy meal.

Well, Courtney Starbuck, it is solely your responsibility to provide your child with healthy meals. By your own comment it looks as if you have failed. And that qualifies you as a bad mother.

[Misplaced Texan]

There are varied tastes across the U.S. and within states. The reason there are school districts is to provide material structures for the students. Treat meals the same way. Let the school districts determine what they serve children based on location, ethnicity, religion and culture, et al.

[jospehm20]

When I was a kid the meals were likely unacceptably unhealthy to people like these women but somehow the kids looked healthier than the kids today do. If this woman is actually concerned about her kids diet, she would do well to feed the child herself.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Before moving to Courtney’s current city of Des Moines, IA, Courtney lived in Iowa City IA.

[goodnesswins]

Abolish meals thru schools...just offer snacks...apples, cheese, etc. Parents should provide MEALS.

[FreedomPoster]

>>But some parents here in Des Moines feel getting rid of the mandate is wrong, and they’re not alone.

Great, this is not that hard. Convince your local school system to maintain the Obama lunch requirements, and ante up to pay for it locally. Otherwise, sit down and shut up, we don’t want to hear your whining.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Courtney Starbuck

Elementary Teacher at Des Moines Public Schools

[Freedom4US]

aka “People’s Republic of Johnson County”

[dfwgator]

Abolish meals thru schools...just offer snacks...apples, cheese, etc. Parents should provide MEALS.

Exactly, it's a school, not a frickin' restaurant.

[txrefugee]

These Democrat mothers want their kids to be fed grain. Farmers feed their cattle grain to make them gain weight. Then we worry about the childhood obesity problem.