Making School Lunch Edible Again

Townhall.com ^ | January 10, 2018 | Kerri Toloczko

[HollyB]

I’ve used whole milk my whole life and continue to do so for my own family. No one is overweight. Even 2% seems watery. I suppose it’s all what we get used to.

[dennisw]

I liked our plebeian public school lunches. I always looked forward to fish on Friday. Apple brown Betty. Whatever happened to that?

[Daffynition]

Amen. Then the kids won't get any food at all.

Homeroom teachers will pick up the slack, out of their own pocket.

It's inconceivable to me, that a parent can't give the kid a slice of toast or bowl of cereal B4 the kid leaves for school. If you saw the breakfasts that the kids throw way [free lunch]....you'd be pissed.

Frequently when I watched my GD before she got on the bus; [her single dad would have her *buy* lunch]; I bought a *Bento* box, and fixed her a little lunch.

I've seen this child in action, she's a picky eater, and spends most of her time chatting with her friends; My effort to make the Bento box as interesting and fun as possible worked out well.

She became excited to see what artful selection was on board; even her little friends started commenting on how fun her lunches were. This *unintended consequence* was beneficial to all.

Of course, it is something a *retired* person, who has plenty of time can do, and it is a pleasure.

[RightGeek]

[Lizavetta]

I suppose I'm an outlier here. But schools should be schools, not cafeterias.

I would bet every parent utilizing the school lunches has a cell phone, a vehicle, cable, etc. i.e. all out of pocket expenses that they, miraculously, CAN afford ... but not feeding their child a lunch.

For those parents on welfare taking advantage of the school lunch program, how many of them have those same things?

Whatever you subsidize, you get more of - bottom line of Economics 101. If you offer to pay for something, you will have an immediate clientele for it, whether they need it or not.

[LibertarianLiz]

The school districts were/are under a lot of pressure to increase the number of students receiving free/reduced-price lunches. The school I taught at awarded prizes to students who returned their free-lunch applications. I believe schools get extra funding for higher “poverty” populations—which are measured by the free-lunch count.

Schools also get extra money for each child it puts into a "special ed" program. This happened to us with our youngest daughter. In kindergarten they wanted to take her out of class each day for a special ed teacher to have time with her. Hubby blew his stack.

We immediately put her into a private kindergarten program. There the teachers seemed to understand that, at that age, all kids are not at the same level in all things. The teacher pointed out one little boy, said he was very bright, but had a hard time just pulling up his pants. When my daughter began the 1st grade in a Catholic school, the teacher there had a few kids who needed help with following instruction. Each of these kids had a little list on their desk of what they were supposed to do first thing when they arrived in class. It didn't take long for my daugher to get her program in order. She is a very intelligent young woman who just had her 30th birthday. She has a bit of a different, quirky kind of personality; but, she did NOT need a special ed teacher. Just a regular teacher with a bit of patience.

[pollywog]

whole milk here!!! Nothing else will do!! We are in our late 70’s and hubby was raised on a farm.

[NorthMountain]

increasing fresh veggies

VEGETABLES.

V E G E T A B L E S.

Vegetables.

Can people no longer write proper English?

[NorthMountain]

The D of Ed is rife with corruption

The Department of Education should be abolished.

Yes, I'm an abolitionist.

[Kaslin]

I think it’s called laziness.

[NorthMountain]

It's called grounds for a coat of tar and feathers ...

Same with "moms" and "dads" vice "mothers" and "fathers". I'm sure you can think of other examples.

grumble, grumble, grumble ...

Get off my lawn, you rotten little brats!!!

[Kaslin]

Actually you are mistaken.

Eating foods that contain saturated fats raises the level of cholesterol in your blood. High levels of LDL cholesterol in your blood increase your risk of heart disease and stroke.

Source

[originalbuckeye]

Babies, school age kids, teens and adults ALL need fat in their diets. Especially babies need fat so their brains can develop properly.. This low fat for kids movement will guarantee lesser intellect in the nation’s kids. But that is probably what the Left wants.............

[amihow]

Agree. Fat good for brains.

[DuncanWaring]

Keep in mind that the source you cite runs contrary to millenia of human evolution prior to the rise of agriculture. ;-)

Here’s an opposing viewpoint:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

[hanamizu]

We immediately put her into a private kindergarten program. There the teachers seemed to understand that, at that age, all kids are not at the same level in all things.

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What many don’t realize is that there is potentially a one-year difference in actual age between the youngest and oldest kindergartener—a huge difference at age 5. Then add in that kids develop at different rates, the difference in maturation between little girls and little boys and the kindergarten teacher’s task becomes huge. I don’t see how they do as well as they do.

[Sacajaweau]

I'm 74....Whole milk all my life. Still love it...don't drink quite as much as I'm a coffee drinker, too.

Not overweight...BP 115/65.

[ConservaTeen]

My lunch is whatever I see in the refrigerator in the kitchen...another great reason to homeschooled - you can cook whatever you want...I had homemade chicken pot pie for lunch...

[Nuc 1.1]

Why should the federal government make whole, school cafeteria budgets? DC is truly Mordor on the Potomac.

[UCANSEE2]

This low fat for kids movement will guarantee lesser intellect in the nation’s kids. But that is probably what the Left wants.............