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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to work in a school cafeteria. The food was [b]healthy enough[/b], but most of the kids hated it & threw a lot of it in the trash. The typical meals would be [b]chicken nuggets[/b] with a container of veggies and a piece of fruit with skim milk. They also served pizza, sandwiches, hot dogs etc. But really, most of it ended up in the trash. The school I worked at was title one and more than half were getting their lunch for free. Probably around 70%.

The reason I say healthy enough is because they were required to get veggies and fruit. The veggies were usually fresh broccoli and carrots, salads, and sometimes steamed veggies, and the fruit would be apples, bananas, oranges etc.[/quote]

Those highlighted words don't work well together...at all...just because you throw in some fruits and veggies doesn't make the main part of the meal any healthier. Ugh.[/quote]

Out of curiousity, if you were manager of the elementary school cafeteria, what would you serve on the budget you had to get it to your standard of healthy? You seem to be so disgusted that elementary students are being served chicken nuggets, but what would you serve on a limited budget that the kids wouldn't dump straight into the trash? Perhaps do away with school lunch and require a bagged lunch from home?[/quote]

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