School lunch

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Anonymous wrote:My kid recently confessed to me that he would routinely not eat school lunch because it was so bad, and just went hungry, and yet would say no if offered a home lunch. Now, lunches are even worse, so he's finally agreed to bring lunch from home.

Why was he saying no to home lunch? Is it because everyone else was eating school lunch?

Because stuff that happened several hours later was too far away/abstract to worry about. He's an eternal optimist, personality-wise. Saying yes to home lunch meant answering more questions about what he wanted, which was a deterrent. I didn't think to impose the home lunch rule and didn't know he was barely eating some of the lunches.

An eternal optimist <3 Glad he's eating lunch now. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school lunches at E.W. Stokes Brookland and Mundo Verde Cook are excellent. I would happily eat there myself and have my kids get school lunch every day. I haven't seen anywhere else that is good, but my work hasn't taken me into every school.

DCB as well. Lunches are one area where charters can really set themselves apart from DCPS if they choose to prioritize them.

Does MV8 have a kitchen yet or are they still using a meal service provider?

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The Aramark change at my kids' school seems to be off to a mixed start. Kids actually like some of the mains better than before, but others are bizarre. The ratio of food to dessert also often feels off. (One egg patty topped with nacho-type cheese but no bread (almost like the inside of a breakfast sandwich) plus 3 donut holes?) The vegetables seem to be uniformly better or at least more kid friendly than Sodexo (raw carrots and peppers rather than stewed kale that 0 kids touched). The fruit has too many fruit cups for my taste (what is the point of adding a ton of sugar when most kids would happily eat an orange?), but is otherwise fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you do school lunch or send your child with a packed lunch from home? If the former, are you happy with the quality of the food?

I pack a lunch because my elementary school student says the line is too long and he doesn't have enough time to eat.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you do school lunch or send your child with a packed lunch from home? If the former, are you happy with the quality of the food?

I pack a lunch because my elementary school student says the line is too long and he doesn't have enough time to eat.

This is true for my MS student at Deal, although now he packs his own.