Just wondering: Does the law affect students who buy their own lunches at school or bring their own lunches? Or does it affect only the ones in the federal meal program?
Only the federal lunch program subsidizes so called “healthy” meals but I wouldn’t feed the stuff to my dog.
Why I would offer it to my child?
I don’t know the relevant law in detail, but several previous articles have said some schools are quitting the program and foregoing federal funds because they are losing so much money because of all the paying students who’ve started bringing their own lunch, leaving campus to eat, etc.
I don’t know what happens concerning the free lunch students when a school quits Michelle’s dictated menus and no longer receives federal funds.
The law has always affected the kids who buy their own lunches because the only lunches offered in the cafeterias are the same for those buying them and those getting them "free."
Or does it affect only the ones in the federal meal program?
In the district where I live, even kids eligible for free or reduced lunches in the high school are bringing their own because the food in the cafeteria is that bad.
I do understand, however, the lunches in one particular HS was pretty pathetic even BEFORE Moochele got involved. My daughter has probably only bought lunch about 10 times since she started HS, and she is now a junior.