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[quote=Anonymous]Because vegan and even vegetarianism is still fringe behavior and not mainstream.  School lunches is not the place to make this type of conversion.

My kids were in a private preschool that converted to a vegetarian menu.  My kids ate the menu and after a few weeks they were asking for alternatives.  They only liked half of the entrees and only so-so.  We started packing their lunches.  If we packed the lunches, they could include meat as long as they were stable to sit on a cart for the 2-3 hours between arrival and lunch time.  We got freezer pack lunch bags and packed them lunches that they liked.  By the end of the first year, less than half of the students were eating school provided lunches (even though the cost of lunch was included in the tuition at this school) and the school ended up switching back to the old food program.

Vegetarian meals are not mainstream and until they are, we should not be pushing something this unusual on a public school system.  It's a choice and a minority choice at this point.[/quote]

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