[Maryland Man]

As a Supervisor of Food Services for a county school system in Maryland I will say that we have not considered any changes on our menu due to the incident in Washington. We have been in contact with our vendors and they have assured us they are following USDA guidelines. I have not even recieved any phone calls of concern from parents (expected some, was ready, recieved none). This lady in Colorado sounds as if she was looking for a reason to pull beef, she is obviously overreacting to this incident to advance her own agenda.
Please, let's leave the old 'mystery meat' jokes to the idiotic comedians on TV. There are many people working very hard to make sure the children are fed nutritious meals. Doing that, with the eating habits of teenagers is not easy. Especially when the parents hold you to a much higher standard than they follow in their own homes.

[Indie]

I will indeed spare the jokes, though my tongue was firmly in my cheek :) I'm a "chef" myself, by avocation. The soy/meat products sometimes served in institutions are much healthier than plain meat anyway. And yep, school food is zillions times healthier than ...I can't say it or I'll throwup...so I'll just say "arches." :)
I ought to know...I ate it for years in the PS school system and admittedly went back for seconds. I do miss the 3 cent giant yeast rolls from scratch.