Well, isn't that interesting. Students asking for salad. Truth is - AGAIN - you can't make them eat what they don't like. And this time they actually want vegetables. I guess kids like salad better than peas. Salad is highly perishable and therefore expensive, but what is the cost of food thrown in the trash? Why not allow the kids to have some input in what they want to eat? Sounds like a good way to go.
Lets see...Someone raising a stink about the quality and healthiness of school lunches? This sounds kinda familiar..Oh wait, you mean its not M.O.? And a bunch of youngsters staging a protest and demanding they get what they want? Sounds familiar...But where are the tents?
Similar situation.... When my kids were in elementary school (K-6) about 7-8 years ago, the 5th and 6th graders asked for salad and fresh fruit over and over again. Their requests fell on deaf ears. The school HAD salad, but it was only for teachers and staff. Salad was deemed "too messy" for an elementary school. The kids (mine included) started bringing their lunches from home, and the school was frustrated by the "lack of participation" in the lunch program by the older students so they attempted a "compromise". It wasn't really a compromise at all. They offered a salad in a plastic deli-style container and fresh grapes (in a similar plastic container) that were available only for purchase if you also bought the school-prepared lunch with it. The compromise didn't last because parents were not willing to spend more money on top of the cost of the regular tray lunch. The students wanted the salad and the fruit INSTEAD of the regular tray lunch.. The regular tray lunch was $1.65, the additional salad was $1.50, and the grapes $1.00
Menu variety is almost impossible with the amount of regulations and restrictions the government has placed on school lunches. As the regs become stricter, the less options there will be, and the kids are gonna do a lot of boycotting. As usual, stupid liberal policies have the exact opposite effect of their stated intent.
Y'all are missing the real story. It is hidden in the article. Here it is: So poor kids do have food at home and dont require 3 course meals provided to them by the taxpayers!!! Amazing isn't it!? We are told by liberals that poor folks can't afford food, but in this "poor" school district the kids were bringing their own lunch...aka: FOOD... To school. Huh, imagine that.
Are these kids on the free lunch program? Just curious since they packed their own lunch, which tells me if they don't like what the cafeteria if serving they can pack their own and if they can pack their own and are on assistance, they don't need assistance.
Monsanto and its "high fructose corn syrup" team begs to differ on giving kids fresh alternatives to current food choices. The goal of the mega-ag businesses is to create an obese, food addicted culture. Its the same function of tobacco companies for the last 50 years, only less overt and far more powerful.
The Staff from the principal on down should be required to eat what the kids eat. It would set a great example for the kids wouldn't it.
I noticed that but these stories don't always give up the intent early on. What do these kids want? Do they REALLY want salads? Do they want Mochelle there to make sure they get arugala and tofu? Something is Just NOT right with this story. I've no doubt there's someone behind it but what is the intent.