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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm pretty sure we can all agree that the quality of food that FCPS serves our kids is atrocious. Yes, it's free to students, and that's important, but why does it have to be so bad? Bad in nutrition, bad in quality, and even bad in that it is all heated up in plastic!

Though it was not great pre-covid, it sadly has taken a steep decline even from that low starting point. No fresh food is offered where many schools used to have a salad bar.

I would love to see the school board take action on this and hope that at a minimum it's something that someone runs on the next school board election. We need to update the infrastructure in schools to have real kitchens and contract with local farms. This can be done. It would be a hard transition at first, but other places in the US have done it and I think it should be prioritized.

Beyond writing to my school board member, does anyone have other ideas about how to get some action on this? [/quote]

Honestly, you won’t get anywhere. The school will not provide in house cooked meals. They think that high fructose corn syrup, caramel coloring and artificial flavors and preservatives are all OK and nutritious for kids. I pack my kids lunch and they are forbidden to get lunch at school. Only in emergencies such as mix up lunch with sibling or forgotten lunch. American food is just disgusting. Yuck [/quote]

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