Posted on 11/11/2014 2:58:30 PM PST by RightGeek
HASKELL, Okla. – A chicken patty, small scoop of mashed potatoes and carton of milk aren’t enough to sustain a high school boy.
But under the school lunch regulations championed by First Lady Michelle Obama, that’s what Haskell High School served recently.
Haskell High School senior Darrel Bunch took a photo of one of his recent skimpy school lunches and sent it to Fox 23.
“It’s mostly the portions,” Bunch says. “Last year we started getting less food.”
“Last year, my boys started calling me, ‘Can you please bring me something to eat?’ ‘We’re still hungry,’ or, ‘This is gross,” the student’s mother, Cheryl Bunch tells the news station.
Another photo taken by a different student showed a single cheese-filled bread stick with marinara sauce.
"When they serve a bread stick and marinara, it’s like, ‘Here, I’ve given up on trying to find you something nutritious and healthy,'” Cheryl Bunch says.
The school refused to allow the news station to show that day’s lunch servings. They wouldn’t even speak on camera.
Haskell superintendent Sharon Herrington defended the lunches off-camera, saying students are offered five items and they are required to take three. That means the chicken patty, glob of potatoes and milk would qualify as a complete lunch under the federal rules.
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I apologize. You’re not an asshole. Just somewhat surely and difficult to deal with.
Apology accepted. Now, how about we save the invective for our real enemies?
We did, too, at least until we heard the dreaded sound of wet, grinding glass...
Why is the food served on prison tray type plates?
I went to public school in the 70’s and 80’s. We were served food on normal plates on a tray with real (not plastic) utensils.
Also the food was good. Cheese enchiladas or fish sticks on Friday were especially good.
I guess that is because Ford, Carter and Reagan weren’t messing with our lunches.
Right — don’t mind me. I’m an idiot. LOL.
Question: Is there any law that prohibits students from bringing in their own lunch from home?
I had those trays growing up and I started school in the mid 80s. It’s nothing new or scary.
Now the “healthy” slop on them? THAT’s scary!
Even if the kids are eating bk and lunch at school 5 days a week year around, there’s no reduction in the food stamp amount. Bonus grub!
Someone spends ALL DAY milking the grazing soy!
Michael Phelps eats 12,000 calories a day when in training.
That's just from the "munchies."
LOL! Of course, I now just actually read the article and saw it mostly dispels the 12,000 calorie rumor. D’oh!
Sidwell Friends School (where their daughters attend)
November 17, 2014
MS/US
Italian Wedding Soup
Greek Salad
Lemon Pepper Tuna Salad
Italian Sausages with
Sweet Peppers & Onions
Ratatouille
Sautéed Rainbow Chard
Rotini with Pesto
Grapes
*******
November 18, 2014
MS/US
Three Mushroom Bisque
Buffalo Chicken Salad
Classic Caesar Salad
Pepperoni Flatbread Pizza
Variety Flatbread Pizza
Variety Veggie Flatbread Pizzas
Roasted Zucchini
Sliced Local Pears
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