Students Fed Up With Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Overhaul

[GURPS]

Students Fed Up With Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Overhaul — Menu-Item Snapshots Spell Out Why

First, about one million public school students said “no way” to their cafeteria menus after Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign led to anger and frustration over food that apparently many American kids didn’t want to stomach.

But for those without other options, all that’s left is the power of social media and cell phone cameras when they simply can’t take another bite:

 

[vraiblonde]

But for those without other options

Why would any kid be without other options?

 

[GURPS]

Why would any kid be without other options?

:shurg:

mom doesn't pack a lunch

 

[vraiblonde]

:shurg:

mom doesn't pack a lunch

So whose job is it to feed the kid: school or parent?

 

[GURPS]

it is the parents JOB to feed Johnny or Sally ....

1) said parent gives the child money to purchase lunch at school - kid goes hungry because of the federally mandated crap lunches
2) said parent packs a lunch

 

[Hijinx]

Most of America is pretty well fed up with Michelle---------------------------------period.

 

[vraiblonde]

it is the parents JOB to feed Johnny or Sally ....

1) said parent gives the child money to purchase lunch at school - kid goes hungry because of the federally mandated crap lunches
2) said parent packs a lunch

Actually, the school district has a lot of latitude when it comes to the school lunch menu. So if the kids are getting a dry burger patty and a half kiwi, the parents *ahem* need to ask the school board what that money is going for instead of food. If you think Michelle Obama is writing school lunch menus, you are on drugs or mentally ill.

Anecdotal evidence from some crazy blog pisses me off. Ask kids in SMCPS or Calvert or Charles what they had for lunch today. In fact, don't ask because here it is:

Elementary: http://www.smcps.org/files/DSS/Food-Services/April 2014 Elementary School Menu.pdf

High School: http://www.smcps.org/files/DSS/Food-Services/April 2014 High School Menu.pdf

Nothing third world going on there and you people are deranged. You believe this #### because you want to, not because it's true.

 

[GURPS]

one or two people / children complaining - yeah some one did not like today's lunch

when one reads more and more stories about crappy school lunches
.... and Michelle's 'Let's Move Program' while her husband stuffs junk food in his mouth ... it smacks of elitist do as I say, not as my husband does ....

this is the problem with 'FEDERAL' programs some bureaucrat in DC deciding what children should eat.

if mom wants Jr to eat 'healthy' - she will pack him a healthy lunch
... otherwise the school district should locally contract or staff themselves a lunch program children will eat prepared from scratch [my daughters school does]


this was an interesting article :

'Fed Up with Lunch' exposes worst school meals


http://www.momdot.com/a-doctors-note-for-gmos/

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...120110410_1_lunch-food-provider-public-school

At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago's West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.

 

[vraiblonde]

when one reads more and more stories about crappy school lunches

You find them because you seek them out. There are almost 100,000 public schools in the United States. If .1% of them have crappy school lunches, that will be 100 schools for you to find a story about, completely ignoring the other 99.9% <---that's called a majority, btw, and a rilly rilly big one.

and Michelle's 'Let's Move Program' while her husband stuffs junk food in his mouth

Yes, it's just sooooo awful for Michelle Obama to encourage physical activity in our young people. OMG what is that dumb bia thinking???

this is the problem with 'FEDERAL' programs some bureaucrat in DC deciding what children should eat.

I think I've already proved that there is no bureaucrat in DC deciding what children should eat, otherwise they'd all be eating the same thing. Or does logic completely escape you and you're going to start flinging poo here in a minute?

... otherwise the school district should locally contract or staff themselves a lunch program children will eat prepared from scratch [my daughters school does]

Okay, so you admit right there in your own words that you personally typed that you know of a school that has managed to escape the evil claws of Michelle Obama's starvation program. So apparently she missed one and I'll be sending her a letter making her aware of her oversight.

Your argument sucks, you cherry pick your data from biased sources with zero regard for logic or facts, and that makes you an idiot.

 

[vraiblonde]

You know, these people do enough crap to legitimately complain about without you all having to make #### up. Or do policy decisions tax your pea brain too much, so you have to resort to simple-minded ignorance because that's all you understand?

 

[itsbob]

it is the parents JOB to feed Johnny or Sally ....

1) said parent gives the child money to purchase lunch at school - kid goes hungry because of the federally mandated crap lunches
2) said parent packs a lunch

You do know, in some liberal meccas around our country, bag lunches are no longer allowed..

They SAY to protect little johny ####wad from his peanut allergy..

 

[Lurk]

Actually, the school district has a lot of latitude when it comes to the school lunch menu. So if the kids are getting a dry burger patty and a half kiwi, the parents *ahem* need to ask the school board what that money is going for instead of food. If you think Michelle Obama is writing school lunch menus, you are on drugs or mentally ill.

Anecdotal evidence from some crazy blog pisses me off. Ask kids in SMCPS or Calvert or Charles what they had for lunch today. In fact, don't ask because here it is:

Elementary: http://www.smcps.org/files/DSS/Food-Services/April 2014 Elementary School Menu.pdf

High School: http://www.smcps.org/files/DSS/Food-Services/April 2014 High School Menu.pdf

Nothing third world going on there and you people are deranged. You believe this #### because you want to, not because it's true.

Let's play a game here. How do you supposed the school's lunch menu describes the contents of the first picture? "Ethnic meal containing bread, pork and dairy products. Served as open faced sandwich." How about the others?

 

[vraiblonde]

You do know, in some liberal meccas around our country, bag lunches are no longer allowed..

They SAY to protect little johny ####wad from his peanut allergy..

Well, you know, that's where parents come into play. School board makes those decisions. Parents elect the school board. So clearly the parents want dietary restrictions on their children, or they'd do something about it.

 

[vraiblonde]

Let's play a game here. How do you supposed the school's lunch menu describes the contents of the first picture? "Ethnic meal containing bread, pork and dairy products. Served as open faced sandwich." How about the others?

See, there you go, just making #### up to suit your agenda.

You don't even know if that's a real lunch or just some kid's Instagram crap.

 

[Hank]

You know, these people do enough crap to legitimately complain about without you all having to make #### up. Or do policy decisions tax your pea brain too much, so you have to resort to simple-minded ignorance because that's all you understand?

You're on fire today!

 

[vraiblonde]

You're on fire today!

I'm fed up with stupidity. I've avoided these forum discussions for awhile because I just couldn't take it anymore

But I'm back, bitches, so prepare to meet your doom.

 

[Lurk]

See, there you go, just making #### up to suit your agenda.

You don't even know if that's a real lunch or just some kid's Instagram crap.

So, tell me what the elementary kids will find on their plate when they purchase lunch today based on the menu posted. Don't parrot the menu, how much of which will each child receive. That one kid in the OP got all of three tomatoes for his lunch. Do you figure the public menu mentioned these as 'salad' or 'fresh vegetable?'

 

[Chris0nllyn]

I'd be more concerned about the fact that we've continually dumped money into education with lackluster results.

I guess one could argue that with the amount of money these schools get, lunches shouldn't look like that (assuming it's 100% true), but the other side is that the parents should give their kids some damn food.

 

[GURPS]

You find them because you seek them out.

Your argument sucks, you cherry pick your data from biased sources with zero regard for logic or facts, and that makes you an idiot.

um yeah I do not go searching ... the stories pop up

what data was cherry picked ...

what is missing logic [just because some data is NOT logical to you does not make that data wrong]

or facts in your opinion

just because a source is biased, does not mean EVERY Story they write is Wrong .....

I am glad to know USA - Today is a biased source

'Fed Up with Lunch' exposes worst school meals

This week she is revealing her identity for the first time — Sarah Wu, 34, a speech pathologist in the Chicago public schools — and releasing her new book, Fed Up With Lunch (Chronicle Books). "With the blog, I really wanted a public record of these meals that I couldn't believe were being served to kids," she says. "I thought the book would reach a wider audience."

It all started one day when Wu didn't have time to pack her own lunch and bought a school lunch instead. It was a hot dog encased in soggy dough, six tater tots, a Jell-O cup and chocolate milk, she says. "I thought to myself, 'I cannot believe this is the food the kids are eating.'"

She was working in a large elementary school where more than 90% of the kids qualified for free and reduced lunches. "Many of my students were coming from poverty," says Wu, who has a 3-year-old son. "Their families were living paycheck to paycheck. Many of my students relied on school lunch for their best meal of the day."

I'll grant you the school employee MIGHT have an ax to grind .... but if her book is full of meal pictures and a review of quality - then well yeah it is HER Opinion OPINIONS by nature are biased ....

you think this parent lied about the note:

http://www.momdot.com/a-doctors-note-for-gmos/

[further research, the note seems to be from a day care center near Richmond ... ]
but those people might be biased

or the Chicago Trib. was lying about this story:

Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home
To encourage healthful eating, Chicago school doesn't allow kids to bring lunches or certain snacks from home — and some parents, and many students, aren't fans of the policy

April 11, 2011|By Monica Eng and Joel Hood, Tribune reporters

At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago's West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.

Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.

"Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school," Carmona said. "It's about the nutrition and the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus a Coke. But with allergies and any medical issue, of course, we would make an exception."

Carmona said she created the policy six years ago after watching students bring "bottles of soda and flaming hot chips" on field trips for their lunch. Although she would not name any other schools that employ such practices, she said it was fairly common.

- a Huff Po Article following up on the Chicago Trib Piece

Chicago Public School Bans Home-Packed Lunches

The Tribune spoke to several students and parents who opposed the policy, saying children don't like the cafeteria food, and that much of it gets thrown away. Other parents said the cafeteria food, supplied by caterer Chartwells-Thompson, is a healthy option and they are happy to have it available.

Though Carmona says the Chartwells-Thompson options are healthy, others disagree.

"It's rare that I see a school, especially a public school, that actually serves food that's good," Susan Rubin, a nutritionist and founder of the Better School Food program, told AOL News. "I get physically sick just looking at it, because it makes me sick that kids are eating this processed crap."

about that brown bag lunch ban:

ok this is right out of the Head Start Program Handbook in Hawaii:

Parent Handbook

Nutrition
HCAP Head Start's child nutrition services help families in meeting each child's nutritional needs and in establishing good eating habits that nurture healthy development and promote life-long well-being. Growth screenings are conducted twice a year to assess each child's nutritional status and growth pattern. If necessary a nutritionist will follow-up with child's parent or guardian to address the child and family's nutritional needs. Referrals are made to WIC and other community agencies, when necessary.
All children in Head Start are served breakfast and lunch, and a snack in the extended day programs. We provide one-third to one-half of the child's daily nutritional need. All meals are USDA approved. Meals must be consumed during mealtime only. Food items high in nutrients and low in fat, sugar, and salt are offered to the children. Also, outside foods are not allowed. This includes goodie bags filled with food items during the holidays and birthdays.

I think I've already proved that there is no bureaucrat in DC deciding what children should eat,

sorry no, if you take federal money, you provide what the USDA / DoE mandates ....
I am not going to digging around federal regulations, this will have to suffice ...

Waterford school districts drop federal lunch program
WILL SERVE WHAT THEY WANT RATHER THAN MANDATED MEALS

WATERFORD — New federal requirements that foods sold in schools be healthier have some area school districts opting out of the federal lunch program that provides subsidies for serving free or reduced-price meals to low-income students.

Opting out means the districts do not have to follow food healthiness requirements. But it also means the districts lose federal money that covers the cost of free and reduced-price meals for poorer students.

The Waterford Graded and Waterford High School districts have weighed their options and decided they’d rather forego the money and serve what they want. They’ll continue to cover the costs of low-income students’ meals — likely by spending less on fruits and vegetables that students simply throw away, and by serving slightly less healthy but overall tastier meals to increase lunch participation among paying students, officials from those districts said.

back to the original article [you did read it didn't you]

First, about one million public school students said “no way” to their cafeteria menus after Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign led to anger and frustration over food that apparently many American kids didn’t want to stomach.

the article references a Wash Times piece on March 6th 2014 about a recent GAO report:

1M kids stop school lunch due to Michelle Obama’s standards


New school lunch standards implemented as a result of First Lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign have led to more than 1 million children leaving the lunch line, according to a new report.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a wide-ranging audit of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards last week, finding 48 out of 50 states faced challenges complying with Mrs. Obama’s Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.

The new standards led to kids throwing out their fruits and vegetables, student boycotts, higher lunch costs, and odd food pairings such as “cheese stick with shrimp” in order for schools to comply with the complicated rules.

The National School Lunch Program saw a sharp decline in participation once the healthy standards went into effect during the 2012-2013 school year. A total of 1,086,000 students stopped buying school lunch, after participation had increased steadily for nearly a decade.

The decline was “influenced by changes made to comply with the new lunch content and nutrition standards,” state and local officials said.

seems like a bureaucrat in DC mandating lunch items

 

[GURPS]

I'd be more concerned about the fact that we've continually dumped money into education with lackluster results.

I guess one could argue that with the amount of money these schools get, lunches shouldn't look like that (assuming it's 100% true), but the other side is that the parents should give their kids some damn food.