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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the problem with our city's messed up school system in a single thread: the most talked about new charter is being reviewed after two weeks of school, and all people give a flying f**k about is the food.

The food doesn't matter folks. How's the education? How are the teachers? What are the kids doing? What do they say about the days and their teachers and their friends? How is the school at communication? How are specials going, and what is outside time like? Is there homework?

Enough about the GD quinoa peppers already. [/quote]

Sorry, but food is a big deal for my family.  Much of my job as a parent is helping my kids get a great foundation in healthy food rather than in pizza and cheese based meals.

Academics or "education"  for a 3 or 4 year old, I don't really care about.  Remember when kids didn't even go to school till age 5 and then only 1/2 a day.  Kids in the 70s did just fine academically.

I also care how kind and respectful the teachers and kids are, and so far my son has no complaints, though I've seen more raised voices (not yelling exactly) than I expected when I've been around  I have a report that when kids don't listen they are sent to the principals office, but not sure if that is true[/quote]

Wow.

If food is such a challenge for you who knows how you will ever deal with other parenting issues.  There really is nothing wrong with either pizza or cheese and both can be healthy.  Cheese is a great source of protein.  Pizza is just bread and cheese with some vegetables.  Made with whole grains it's even better.  I'd much rather my child eat pizza and be happy than refuse lunch.  And I'd pick pizza over fancy pulled pork sandwiches for her every time.  (FYI, there's nothing healthy about meat).

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Food is not at all a parenting challenge for me or my family at all.  They eat empty calories at out and about at parties etc. once a week at most, but NOT daily.   I never expected to be at a school here my kids could actually eat the school lunch, and I am beyond thrilled with the menu and hope it doesn't get watered down (which doesn't mean we can't move, as others have suggested, to more beans and brown rice and less cold green salad etc.).

Re pizza: Cheese is not the best way to get protein. It is fine tops once a day, but pizza has a least two servings. We eat a lot of milk products in the US because of government subsidies and an FDA that is in the pocket of big ag, not because it is that good for us.  And "made with whole grains it is even better"?!  There is no nutritional value to non whole grain flour except what vitamins have been added (and jury is out on whether we can absorb lab produced vitamins).  Pizza crust, even when whole grain, is not very whole grain, so mostly just empty carbs.  Please no.[/quote]

Paleo Mom represent![/quote]

:) ha ha.  No, I haven't followed this latest fad (isn't it like nurturing traditions, so not vegetarian friendly?).  We're more just run-of-the-mill Michael Pollan eaters. [/quote]

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