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What are the School Lunches Like in Your District?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 612417" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Our district really is different I guess. About ten years ago there was a statewide mandate for each district to form a parent-school committee with parents, teachers/admin and a registered dietician/nutritionist to examine and define the school lunches. Many districts had hissy fits over it because they didn't want parental involvement and didn't think it was needed. Ours had one already in place and was found to have better meal options than some of the most expensive private schools in the area - ones that really marketed that they had the best nutrition in their lunches in the state. </p><p></p><p>Our schools after elem post a menu and it usually says assorted fresh fruits/veggies but the assortment is quite varied. Plu they have at least entrees for the reg meal and once you hit jr high there are four or five options for the entree that you can choose from with-o paying the ala carte price. Portions can't be that skimpy or awful because my pickiest eater (thank you) is usually not starving or even super hungry when he gets home from school. He prefers the school lunch and always have, at least as long as he had another choice besides the uncrustables pbj sandwiches. Which are not served in our elems because peanuts are not allowed in the schools, not for any reason. Before that rule, thank you would refuse to eat if served an uncrustable. He calls them frozen slimy playdough, lol. </p><p></p><p>I find it interesting how the definition of 'healthy' varies so much, esp between parents and the schools. Of course I was in school when they decided that pickles and ketchup on a burger counted as two veggies as long as you had three slices of pickles and 1 teaspoon of ketchup. I thought it was nuts even back then, lol. </p><p></p><p>Our high school kids (grades 10-12) have off campus lunch mainly because the cafeteria cannot produce enough food to feed everyone, not even after the remodel a few years back. They just don't have the capacity. Plus there are so many restaurants near the high school that would go out of business if the kids had to eat at school that the community gets upset when the topic of closing campus for lunch comes up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 612417, member: 1233"] Our district really is different I guess. About ten years ago there was a statewide mandate for each district to form a parent-school committee with parents, teachers/admin and a registered dietician/nutritionist to examine and define the school lunches. Many districts had hissy fits over it because they didn't want parental involvement and didn't think it was needed. Ours had one already in place and was found to have better meal options than some of the most expensive private schools in the area - ones that really marketed that they had the best nutrition in their lunches in the state. Our schools after elem post a menu and it usually says assorted fresh fruits/veggies but the assortment is quite varied. Plu they have at least entrees for the reg meal and once you hit jr high there are four or five options for the entree that you can choose from with-o paying the ala carte price. Portions can't be that skimpy or awful because my pickiest eater (thank you) is usually not starving or even super hungry when he gets home from school. He prefers the school lunch and always have, at least as long as he had another choice besides the uncrustables pbj sandwiches. Which are not served in our elems because peanuts are not allowed in the schools, not for any reason. Before that rule, thank you would refuse to eat if served an uncrustable. He calls them frozen slimy playdough, lol. I find it interesting how the definition of 'healthy' varies so much, esp between parents and the schools. Of course I was in school when they decided that pickles and ketchup on a burger counted as two veggies as long as you had three slices of pickles and 1 teaspoon of ketchup. I thought it was nuts even back then, lol. Our high school kids (grades 10-12) have off campus lunch mainly because the cafeteria cannot produce enough food to feed everyone, not even after the remodel a few years back. They just don't have the capacity. Plus there are so many restaurants near the high school that would go out of business if the kids had to eat at school that the community gets upset when the topic of closing campus for lunch comes up. [/QUOTE]
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