Maybe where you live, but no such thing happens where I live. So how dare you tell me what I do or do not know about where my child goes to school.
However, teachers are now required (not everywhere yet) to inspect home created meals and throw them out if they're “unhealthy.”
You're right about not every where - in fact it isn't even most places.
I personally have issues with gubmint’s healthy caloric intake and food pyramid.
I've never paid it a bloody bit of attention.
My kids are skinny and they eat all day long. They eat a lot of healthy fats, complex carbs, and large amounts of protein.
So? My household is no different. I''mm 5'10" and other than when I was pregnant have never weighed over 130# in my life. I actually still own and wear jeans I bought in high school, and I'll be attending my 35th class reunion in September.
We also eat real food; i.e., no processed prepared items. We make just about everything, including tortillas!
So do we, and we grow much of it as well. My daughter is 15 and she and her friends love to help in the garden and canning with me.
I'd be in jail if a teacher threw out my kids’ lunches!
So would I.
Full disclosure: I am a teacher.
So are all good parents.
My post was meant to add to the entire conversation thread. For whatever reason you have chosen to take it personally. Relax. Deep breaths. Save your anger for the lunch inspectors, because it is built into the program. Maybe if you’re lucky, your kids won’t be in school then. In fact, there was an uproar a few months ago about a North Carolina school throwing out a little girl’s home packed lunch. The school near Pittsburgh, were a relative teaches, has the same policy. The teachers hate it but it’s mandated. Just because it hasn’t happened to you personally does not mean that it doesn’t happen. Do you have beer or wine handy? Have one.