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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This is actually a fairly simple issue to address -- everyone knows what healthy food is. But parents need to push hard for it, vote based on this issue, and be willing to vote in something like a small sales tax increase devoted to healthy school food.

The poor quality of school food is 100% due to lack of financing and parental apathy. [/quote]

This is our first year in MCPS and I have no idea how you would push hard for something. Everything that I have heard about the system is that it is designed to make this virtually impossible. For voting, I have not seen someone on the ballot who is ever doing anything more than lip service for nutritional food.

We would be happy to join any movement or vote in way that make a chance but I just don't see this happening in MOCO. We pack our lunch and send shelf stable milk.[/quote]

I agree that MCPS is designed to make parental input virtually impossible.  It seems extraordinarily difficult for parents to push for any meaningful change (whether academic, social, food).  Maybe the school lunch issue is should be something the MOCO PTAs should tackle.  Our PTA is so preoccupied with things like school parties, beautification projects, feel-good staff events, etc.   It seems that the PTA should be the loudest voice advocating for healthy food for our kids.[/quote]

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