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Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home
Chicago Tribune ^ | April 11, 2011 | Monica Eng and Joel Hood

Posted on 04/11/2011 7:31:09 AM PDT by yoe

To encourage healthful eating, Chicago school doesn't allow kids to bring lunches or certain snacks from home — and some parents, and many students, aren't fans of the policy

A Little Village Academy student cringes at an enchilada dish served at his school. Many students throw away their entrees uneaten and say they would rather bring food from home. The school, though, does not allow students to bring in their own lunches, unless they have a medical condition or a food allergy.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: arth; chartwellsthompson; chicago; fernandodominguez; foodnazis; foodpolice; illinois; publicschools
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More Government waste and meddling...removing the parents right to decide for their child. Why don't they try teaching the children................
1 posted on 04/11/2011 7:31:11 AM PDT by yoe
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To: yoe

I have no pity for the people suffering this totalitarian oppression. Chicago has the government they deserve.


2 posted on 04/11/2011 7:33:39 AM PDT by fwdude (The world is sleeping in the dark that the Church just can't fight, 'cause it's asleep in the light.)
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To: yoe
The money quote from Big Brother:

Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.

What is the nutritional value of an uneaten lunch?

3 posted on 04/11/2011 7:33:47 AM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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“The school, though, does not allow students to bring in their own lunches, unless they have a medical condition or a food allergy.”

WHAT?!!!

When I went to school, I could bring lunches, or buy them whenever I pleased on any given day. On a given day, I usually decided to bring my own, because I hated waiting in line, then deciding to eat afterwards.

Well, I guess this is Chicago though.


4 posted on 04/11/2011 7:33:47 AM PDT by Morpheus2009 (I pity the fool - Mr. T)
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To: yoe

Moochelle’s meddling into what kids can and can’t eat at school....Any Chicago area freepers up for a day of civil disobediance? Hand out Brownies and choc. chip cookies dressed in your best tea party gear! LOL....


5 posted on 04/11/2011 7:34:40 AM PDT by jakerobins
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To: yoe

The schools depend on the federal school lunch cash... can’t have kids who want better tasting food derailing the gravy train.


6 posted on 04/11/2011 7:35:35 AM PDT by hattend (Obama got his 3am call about Egypt. The call went right to the answering machine.- Sarah Palin)
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To: yoe

This is all about E-Rate funding. If they’re not an 85% or above school, no Priority 2 funding.....


7 posted on 04/11/2011 7:36:05 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Hoodat

Nutritional value has nothing to do with it. It’s the people getting paid to supply the lunches that are gaining the value. Someone is getting a kick back.


8 posted on 04/11/2011 7:37:06 AM PDT by RC2
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To: Morpheus2009
It's about the federal dollars for the school lunch program and the contacted firms who prepare and supply the food.

If the federal government paid fifty cents more to eat sand, it would be in every kid's diet throughout the land and celebrated as the new health initiative. China tried that about 75 years ago and a few billion people died.

9 posted on 04/11/2011 7:37:52 AM PDT by blackdog (The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
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To: Hoodat

Great. Government protecting us from ourselves.


10 posted on 04/11/2011 7:37:59 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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11 posted on 04/11/2011 7:40:02 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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“Principal Elsa Carmona”

Well that explains the Enchilada’s on the menu. What are the odds the Gubermint folks, and Schools officials are getting kickbacks from the food providers....nah...not in Chicago.

12 posted on 04/11/2011 7:40:15 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Hoodat
Yea there, Elsa, enchiladas are a real healthy choice.
13 posted on 04/11/2011 7:41:51 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: yoe

Follow the money.


14 posted on 04/11/2011 7:42:45 AM PDT by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: metmom

Ping!!!


15 posted on 04/11/2011 7:43:25 AM PDT by TruthConquers (.Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: fwdude

Agree.....


16 posted on 04/11/2011 7:43:41 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: yoe
Any school that bans homemade lunches also puts more money in the pockets of the district's food provider
Just as i suspected. This isn't about the chiiildren, FOLLOW THE MONEY.
17 posted on 04/11/2011 7:45:14 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: yoe

They should complain to Mayor Rahm Emmanuel. Oh, that’s right, he’s just part of the problem.


18 posted on 04/11/2011 7:46:39 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Hoodat
Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.

So now we know how some of the students in her school pass to upper grades without real qualifications: the school must be answering their multiple choice test questions for them to protect them from getting the wrong answers.

Cradle to grave control.

I guess students in her school are just too dumb and ignorant to survive without such assistance.

19 posted on 04/11/2011 7:46:55 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (The mighty zero, obama,does not warrant the respect necessary for his name to be capitalized.)
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To: yoe

Here is the “School’s” Web Site:
http://www.lva.cps.k12.il.us/lva/LINKS.html
If I were a parent this thing would set off red lights all over the place.


20 posted on 04/11/2011 7:47:20 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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