Free breakfast and lunch at all schools, all year?

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Anonymous wrote:Food has gotten incredibly expensive. I do not know how people on a budget are making it work. It is especially shameful because the supply chain issues are mostly resolved; food companies and grocery stores are now testing how high thry can set prices and still have customers.

I think it is great that the schools are feeding kids no questions asked, with prices so high I am sure some people are doing without and would be going hungry otherwise.

You buy cheaper foods, you shop at Aldi's, Lidl, Walmart, for example. Lots of ways.

Is there a Walmart anywhere near Montgomery county? Seems pretty pennywise in pound foolish to drive all the way out to DC or Laurel (assuming you have a car)

There is a Walmart in Germantown.

That’s really convenient for the poor and carless residents of Aspen Hill. Maybe just a four hour round trip bus ride in the hopes of saving $5 on whatever groceries you can haul on public transportation with 2-3 kids in tow. Or were you suggesting that the poor move to Germantown for
Actually, you'd jump on the ICC from Aspen Hill. We were supposed to get a Walmart in Aspen Hill but all the rich folks protested it and so now we are getting a Kaiser. It really sucks as the Kmart closed so the only place to go is Target in Wheaton and its pretty pricy. But, in Aspen Hill, if you know the area, which you don't, there is an Aldi's and Lidl. Both much cheaper than the Safeway and Giant there. There are also multiple Korean and Asian markets that have cheaper produce. And, Walmart delivers to certain areas now. I cannot order fresh food but when I order some stuff like cereal and paper goods, it gets delivered by a driver within two days for free.

You need a car and money for tolls to do that. When I first lived in MoCo in the late 90s, I was a low income single mom without a car. Grocery shopping meant whatever I could walk home from Shoppers or safely manage on a crowded bus from Safeway. People treat you horribly when you get on a bus with kids and lots of grocery bags as if they can’t see you are struggling to survive. The idea that I could just jump in a car to go from Aspen Hill to Germantown to grocery shop? It was as likely as jetting to Paris to shop the fall fashions.

Thankfully Walmart delivers some stuff now. We could have had one but people protested it. I hope they will put one in where the Kmart was.

I live in Aspen Hill and am glad people protested the Walmart. Crappy pay, crappy jobs and a crappy company. No thanks.

You clearly don't know Walmart. They are one of the higher paying jobs vs. the small shops and offer benefits. You may not need affordable but most in Aspen Hill do. We know several people who have had very good careers at Walmart. You are fortunate you don't need a job like that but many do, especially in that area. It would be a lot of jobs and given transportation as the other person stated, that is a local job.

LOL! You know NOTHING about me. I have worked for tons of retail companies and Walmart is one of the worst. My SIL worked for them. I’ll take a Costco or Trader Joe’s any day over Walmart.

Have you worked for Walmart, or are you just spouting off random nonsense you read on some pro-Walmart blog?

No, Walmart is not the answer to anyone’s problems in Aspen Hill or elsewhere.

Walmart would help a lot given the location of Aspen Hill and transportation. Target in Wheaton is expensive. Costco pays well and if you prefer to work there, great. But, the more jobs we can bring, the better.

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Anonymous wrote:I just read this. Is it true? Every kid at every school? Seems expensive.

WOW TRUMPER these are kids what in the world is wrong with you?

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Anonymous wrote:I just read this. Is it true? Every kid at every school? Seems expensive.

WOW TRUMPER these are kids what in the world is wrong with you?

Trump is gone. Now we have Biden who is doing nothing.

No, its not that expensive when you look at cost vs. benefit. There are rich families who don't send in lunch or deny food. We waste so much money on other things, feeding people can never be a bad things.

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Well why can’t they serve healthful meals instead?!

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Anonymous wrote:Well why can’t they serve healthful meals instead?!

Because they get about $1.50 per meal. They used to subsidize it by selling ala cart items but they did not have that last year.

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What is wrong with fish sticks? I like fish sticks in my mouth.

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Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with fish sticks? I like fish sticks in my mouth.

I’ve taught in MCPS twenty years and never seen fish sticks on the menu.

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Anonymous wrote:Food has gotten incredibly expensive. I do not know how people on a budget are making it work. It is especially shameful because the supply chain issues are mostly resolved; food companies and grocery stores are now testing how high thry can set prices and still have customers.

I think it is great that the schools are feeding kids no questions asked, with prices so high I am sure some people are doing without and would be going hungry otherwise.

You buy cheaper foods, you shop at Aldi's, Lidl, Walmart, for example. Lots of ways.

Is there a Walmart anywhere near Montgomery county? Seems pretty pennywise in pound foolish to drive all the way out to DC or Laurel (assuming you have a car)

There is a Walmart in Germantown.

That’s really convenient for the poor and carless residents of Aspen Hill. Maybe just a four hour round trip bus ride in the hopes of saving $5 on whatever groceries you can haul on public transportation with 2-3 kids in tow. Or were you suggesting that the poor move to Germantown for proximity to the Walmart?

Actually, you'd jump on the ICC from Aspen Hill. We were supposed to get a Walmart in Aspen Hill but all the rich folks protested it and so now we are getting a Kaiser. It really sucks as the Kmart closed so the only place to go is Target in Wheaton and its pretty pricy. But, in Aspen Hill, if you know the area, which you don't, there is an Aldi's and Lidl. Both much cheaper than the Safeway and Giant there. There are also multiple Korean and Asian markets that have cheaper produce. And, Walmart delivers to certain areas now. I cannot order fresh food but when I order some stuff like cereal and paper goods, it gets delivered by a driver within two days for free.

You need a car and money for tolls to do that. When I first lived in MoCo in the late 90s, I was a low income single mom without a car. Grocery shopping meant whatever I could walk home from Shoppers or safely manage on a crowded bus from Safeway. People treat you horribly when you get on a bus with kids and lots of grocery bags as if they can’t see you are struggling to survive. The idea that I could just jump in a car to go from Aspen Hill to Germantown to grocery shop? It was as likely as jetting to Paris to shop the fall fashions.

Thankfully Walmart delivers some stuff now. We could have had one but people protested it. I hope they will put one in where the Kmart was.

I live in Aspen Hill and am glad people protested the Walmart. Crappy pay, crappy jobs and a crappy company. No thanks.

You clearly don't know Walmart. They are one of the higher paying jobs vs. the small shops and offer benefits. You may not need affordable but most in Aspen Hill do. We know several people who have had very good careers at Walmart. You are fortunate you don't need a job like that but many do, especially in that area. It would be a lot of jobs and given transportation as the other person stated, that is a local job.

LOL! You know NOTHING about me. I have worked for tons of retail companies and Walmart is one of the worst. My SIL worked for them. I’ll take a Costco or Trader Joe’s any day over Walmart.

Have you worked for Walmart, or are you just spouting off random nonsense you read on some pro-Walmart blog?

No, Walmart is not the answer to anyone’s problems in Aspen Hill or elsewhere.

Isn’t there a Kmart in aspen hill anyway?

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Are the school lunches really that bad? Guess I had hoped being MoCo that it would be better. Have a rising kindergartener and liked not having to send lunch for preschool, but they served a pretty healthy lunch. Hopes I could at least let DS get the school lunch a couple days per week. Haven’t seen menus.

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Anyone has menu what do they serve for breakfast and lunch weekly? And what time do they serve breakfast and lunch? Do they serve am/pm snacks for free too or are they allowed to eat snack in classroom ? This is for my rising kindergartener, so I have no clues.

For milk serving, is that carton with straw type or juice box type with straw or bottle type with cap? My kid cannot open cap or carton yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Are the school lunches really that bad? Guess I had hoped being MoCo that it would be better. Have a rising kindergartener and liked not having to send lunch for preschool, but they served a pretty healthy lunch. Hopes I could at least let DS get the school lunch a couple days per week. Haven’t seen menus.

The free lunch is bad. Imagine a sandwich on squishy bread the next day.

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Good! I hope it stays forever!

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The menu makes it sound healthful but it’s not. Yogurt with blueberries sounds good right? But when you go in the cafeteria you see it’s actually sugary crappy Trix yogurt that is blueberry flavored. Baked potatoes, aka French fries. Pizza is always Friday’s so I let my kid buy on Fridays. We were at a Focus school so all the kids got free breakfast in the classrooms, so there’s no stigma…….. Cinnabuns, bagels, pancakes with syrup flavoring already in it………..

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Anonymous wrote:The menu makes it sound healthful but it’s not. Yogurt with blueberries sounds good right? But when you go in the cafeteria you see it’s actually sugary crappy Trix yogurt that is blueberry flavored. Baked potatoes, aka French fries. Pizza is always Friday’s so I let my kid buy on Fridays. We were at a Focus school so all the kids got free breakfast in the classrooms, so there’s no stigma…….. Cinnabuns, bagels, pancakes with syrup flavoring already in it………..

The breakfast is probably the worst as far as sugar.

I think they try with the lunches, but most of the kids don’t want all of it anyway. Especially the milk. They got rid of the pink milk, and the kids don’t like plain milk so a lot of milk ends up in the trash.

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Complain to the federal government not to MCPS:

https://schoolnutrition.org/uploadedFiles/About_School_Meals/What_We_Do/Nutrition-Standards-for-School-Meals.pdf