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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a kindergarten teacher and there’s almost a 100% correlation between quality of snacks and quality of the kid (behavior and academic achievement). Lots of PPs seem offended by this but I’m telling you what I see. Same with how long they’re in after care, but I suspect that will get even more outrage (and to be fair, it’s a good correlation but not nearly as strong a correlation as the snacks). [/quote]

Define quality of snacks for a kindergartner. [/quote]

Greek yogurt, baby belle cheese, a banana, veggies and hummus, veggies and guacamole,  an apple, a small tortilla rolled up with ham and cheese. I’m no nutritionist but I see lots of good options and they don’t get thrown away. I think there are some good bars for kids too but don’t really inspect them. I see plenty of cheeze-its and Oreos too. [/quote]

A lot of these things are only good if kept cold. Not making excuses but it isn’t easy to find low sugar shelf stable snacks that don’t contain nuts. [/quote]

Literally any fruit or vegetable will make it to snack time with an ice pack.[/quote]

We are not allowed to send ice packs with snacks. They have to be separately packed from their lunch and cannot require any kind of refrigeration. My kid gets crackers, pretzels, popcorn, a cereal bar, or very occasionally a treat like cookies. Her lunch is all the healthy items people are listing as healthy snack options, because her lunch can be sent in an insulated bag with an ice pack.

I have no idea if her teachers see her lunch, but if some teacher is sitting around judging me for sending some graham crackers or pirate's booty for a snack, she can shove it. Truly. I don't judge teachers by like the one annoying compromise they make in their classrooms every day (and every public school teacher makes at least one of these, understandably, because like parents, they are often expected to perform at a high level under impossible parameters). I refuse to sit her and apologize for freaking crackers.[/quote]

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