My son teaches middle school. Yesterday for lunch, the kids got served eggs and a nasty ‘’sausage’’ made from vegetables or tofu or a combination. They couldn’t figure it out. The kids were not happy. He also said they are indeed being required to take a vegetable, which they throw away. They still have chocolate milk, but it is being discouraged. I’ll ask him if they are hiding it.
I’m so glad I homeschool.
Same here. Kids now only get whole grain everything. They made pasta and my son threw it out. Talked to lunch lady and she is struggling. Kids get X number (grams, oz) of grains. She ladeled out one cup portions of pasta to 8th graders with one slice of bread. Kids can only get more fruit and veges if still hungry. So they are essentially feeding 13 year olds the same quantities as 7 year olds. Also, she said the cost of the new requirements is staggering and with that they are charging the kids, they can barely cover the cost of the food. Salad dressing is only oil and vinegar. Only 1 percent or skim milk (fat v added sugar). And this is a parochial school. Guidelines go in full effect next year. Once a month the kids can order Papa Johns pizza but that will no longer be allowed. Only pizza with wholegrain crust. Lunch lady said between nut and gluten allergies there will be a lot more packing.
And how much of that food being tossed in the garbage is being paid for by the taxpayer? Went to our kids’ school tonight to get the overview for the coming year and all of the administration is really pushing to get those free/reduced lunch forms filled out even if you think you don’t qualify because they get money from the “federal government” for every kid that is on it. It makes me sick. If my husband made half of what he does (and there was a time in the not so distant past he did), I wouldn’t do it. I really respect the director of our school, but that whole thing makes me angry. Unless there are some really exceptional circumstances you should be able to provide a damn sandwich for your kid to eat. But everyone’s got a frickin’ cell phone that they can’t get their face out of. How many of those getting free/reduced lunches for their kids are smoking cigarettes and doing all kinds of things they don’t need to do, but they can’t send their kid with a lunch or pay $2.25 to get one from the school.