Saw the movie Fed Up last night. Can you tell me about public school lunches around this area?

[Anonymous]

OP you realize your kid in public school will not be required to eat the lunch, don't you? The federal lunch program wasn't set up so upper middle class moms don't have to pack a lunch for their kids. It is so poor kids don't go hungry. There is no way 80% of districts are contracting with fast food companies like Pizza Hut or McDonalds. School lunches have to be served quickly to a large number of kids in a short period of time, so by definition the kids are eating "fast food" everyday. The federal lunch regulations limit the amount if sugar and fat that can be served. There are min. and max. number of calories per meal.

[Anonymous]

LCPS lunches are nasty too. Pack..pack..pack!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It really doesn't matter what's being served. If you don't like it or have a problem with it send your child to school with his lunch.
Fwiw, I think the school lunches here are quite nice compared to where we use to live.

It matters to the children who receive free or reduced lunches. Why should they get junk because they were born into circumstances that can't provide a daily lunch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really doesn't matter what's being served. If you don't like it or have a problem with it send your child to school with his lunch.
Fwiw, I think the school lunches here are quite nice compared to where we use to live.

It matters to the children who receive free or reduced lunches. Why should they get junk because they were born into circumstances that can't provide a daily lunch?

I was directing that response to the OP who is concerned about the nutritional value of the lunches. I'm sure those parents of children who are receiving free or reduced lunches are grateful for the food and aren't complaining about it.

[Anonymous]

MCPS lunches might as well be from McDonalds. Terrible and unhealthy. So sad because it would be a huge convenience to have my kids buy; as it is, they eat bagged lunch almost every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really doesn't matter what's being served. If you don't like it or have a problem with it send your child to school with his lunch.
Fwiw, I think the school lunches here are quite nice compared to where we use to live.

It matters to the children who receive free or reduced lunches. Why should they get junk because they were born into circumstances that can't provide a daily lunch?

I was directing that response to the OP who is concerned about the nutritional value of the lunches. I'm sure those parents of children who are receiving free or reduced lunches are grateful for the food and aren't complaining about it.

Another shockingly privileged poster. Do we live in a country where some should be considered lucky if their kids to have any food at all -- it's better that they eat unhealthy food than to starve? No, this is not a third world country. What a disgusting attitude, PP. The health of these kids will be compromised well into their adult years by bad food they eat growing up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really doesn't matter what's being served. If you don't like it or have a problem with it send your child to school with his lunch.
Fwiw, I think the school lunches here are quite nice compared to where we use to live.

It matters to the children who receive free or reduced lunches. Why should they get junk because they were born into circumstances that can't provide a daily lunch?

I was directing that response to the OP who is concerned about the nutritional value of the lunches. I'm sure those parents of children who are receiving free or reduced lunches are grateful for the food and aren't complaining about it.

Another shockingly privileged poster. Do we live in a country where some should be considered lucky if their kids to have any food at all -- it's better that they eat unhealthy food than to starve? No, this is not a third world country. What a disgusting attitude, PP. The health of these kids will be compromised well into their adult years by bad food they eat growing up.

+1

[Anonymous]

The problem with films like this is they're rarely unbiased and often have hidden agendas. A classic example is "Waiting for Superman" which was just a front for the charter school movement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS lunches are gross. My kids and all of their friends have taken their lunches every day, all the way from elementary to high school.

My kids in MCPS always pack, but most of their classes (in elementary school) buy. And not because the kids are on FARMS, either.

[Anonymous]

The thing with FCPS lunches is everything seems to be microwaved or in little plastic pouches (like a little plastic bag of pancakes). It just looks completely unappetizing.

We pack because my dc is picky, but I wish there was a way for the cafeteria to provide real hot meals to the students (especially the ones on FARMS who might be food insecure).

[Anonymous]

My daughter's pre-school served wholesome, healthy varied meals, every day, for breakfast, lunch and snack. She was exposed to a variety of foods, of every taste and texture. After one semester (actually, just a few weeks) in Montgomery County, she was begging me to pack her lunch, which I now do every day. It's hard to keep it hot (pasta, rice and beans) and I'm not a great cook (pasta, rice and beans). I'd happily pay (and subsidize those who can't pay) for the same meals she got in pre-school! Why can't we do this? Why can other countries do it? Our school attracts people from around the globe--I'm so ashamed when the parents from India, China, Japan, etc. see the plastic crap that we call "lunch."
--member of Real Food for Kids Montgomery, feeling discouraged

[Anonymous]

FFCPS mine won't eat them. They say they are disgusting so I pack their lunches everyday. Sure wish they would eat the lunches at school would be nice just to send money and not worry about always have lunch stuff everyday.

[Anonymous]

The dcps lunches in the 80s were dreadful. Mush in a tin foil square that smelled like dog food. I couldn't believe the kids ate them....I now realize most of them were probably farms and hungry enough to eat almost anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem with films like this is they're rarely unbiased and often have hidden agendas. A classic example is "Waiting for Superman" which was just a front for the charter school movement.

Fed Up doesn't have a hidden agenda. It's pretty straightforward. Nice try, though.

[Anonymous]

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OP you realize your kid in public school will not be required to eat the lunch, don't you? The federal lunch program wasn't set up so upper middle class moms don't have to pack a lunch for their kids. It is so poor kids don't go hungry. There is no way 80% of districts are contracting with fast food companies like Pizza Hut or McDonalds. School lunches have to be served quickly to a large number of kids in a short period of time, so by definition the kids are eating "fast food" everyday. The federal lunch regulations limit the amount if sugar and fat that can be served. There are min. and max. number of calories per meal.

Then we need to serve food that they will actually eat, not tasteless, bland mush that even hungry kids throw away.