School lunch menus - this is nuts...

LisaC

LisaC

I'm here to spin the moral compass.
I was just looking at the lunch menu for one of the private schools we're looking at - here is the one week menu: Taco Bell Tacos, Papa Johns Pizza (2 days), McDonald's Double Cheeseburger, and Chick-fil-a sandwich. I'm astounded - I know some schools have limited funds, but a menu like this is nuts!!
 
I know it has a lot to do with smaller schools just not having the budget or facilities for food prep, but I would think they would strive to come up with healthy options for lunch and not a menu full of junk food.
 
At St. Joseph's Catholic School, we had to bring our lunches from home everyday. That way, it was left up to our parents to feed us a decent meal.
 
LisaC said:
I was just looking at the lunch menu for one of the private schools we're looking at - here is the one week menu: Taco Bell Tacos, Papa Johns Pizza (2 days), McDonald's Double Cheeseburger, and Chick-fil-a sandwich. I'm astounded - I know some schools have limited funds, but a menu like this is nuts!!
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:eek: Mine would not want that and I would not let him eat like that. Are they any other options? Bringing your own, an alternate to kids who can't eat that way? If not, unfortunately that would cross that school off my list. :( Education and health are important.
 
So, I've been in quite a few of the High Schools lately. I never really paid attention to the vending machines, till all this weight stuff came up. Yesterday we were at one of our more "affluent" high schools, the machines had all kinds of chips and candy. The drink machine had Coke-Cola and Dasani water.

I do think that if a private school meets all the other requirements of being a school, what they serve or don't would be the least of my worries. Send lunch with the kid.
 
gog8tors said:
So, I've been in quite a few of the High Schools lately. I never really paid attention to the vending machines, till all this weight stuff came up. Yesterday we were at one of our more "affluent" high schools, the machines had all kinds of chips and candy. The drink machine had Coke-Cola and Dasani water.

I do think that if a private school meets all the other requirements of being a school, what they serve or don't would be the least of my worries. Send lunch with the kid.
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I see a huge difference between what is in a vending machine versus what is being provided as a meal.
 
unionmom said:
gog8tors said:
So, I've been in quite a few of the High Schools lately. I never really paid attention to the vending machines, till all this weight stuff came up. Yesterday we were at one of our more "affluent" high schools, the machines had all kinds of chips and candy. The drink machine had Coke-Cola and Dasani water.

I do think that if a private school meets all the other requirements of being a school, what they serve or don't would be the least of my worries. Send lunch with the kid.
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I see a huge difference between what is in a vending machine versus what is being provided as a meal.
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Me too, and I "think" some of the places do not allow you to bring a lunch. If they did, though, that would solve the issue.
 
unionmom said:
gog8tors said:
So, I've been in quite a few of the High Schools lately. I never really paid attention to the vending machines, till all this weight stuff came up. Yesterday we were at one of our more "affluent" high schools, the machines had all kinds of chips and candy. The drink machine had Coke-Cola and Dasani water.

I do think that if a private school meets all the other requirements of being a school, what they serve or don't would be the least of my worries. Send lunch with the kid.
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I see a huge difference between what is in a vending machine versus what is being provided as a meal.
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Oh I agree, it was just something I noticed.
 
LisaC said:
I know it has a lot to do with smaller schools just not having the budget or facilities for food prep, but I would think they would strive to come up with healthy options for lunch and not a menu full of junk food.
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I don't know what happened to the plan but Dr. Barge and Gary Black were teaming up to make better school lunches by including more vegetables. Need to put that on my list of questions to ask.
 
LisaC said:
I know it has a lot to do with smaller schools just not having the budget or facilities for food prep, but I would think they would strive to come up with healthy options for lunch and not a menu full of junk food.
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I ran a dance program at a private school in Buckhead for several years. They didn't have a cafeteria on site, so they had a company that catered lunch each day. The parents either sent lunch with their children each day, or they paid a monthly fee for a hot meal for their children. The meal options were very nutritious ( a meal and 3 veggies.) I'm sure there are places that can still do that for a reasonable fee. The lady who ran the program had a person who delivered the meals to the school at the same time each day.
 
It is ridiculous (to me) that ANY educational program with think that it is okay to make that offering as school meals.
 
gog8tors said:
I do think that if a private school meets all the other requirements of being a school, what they serve or don't would be the least of my worries. Send lunch with the kid.
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Unfortunately, I'm a neurotic, pain in the backside when it comes to schools for the princess and my expectations are higher than that. I want to know that the school takes every aspect of my child's education seriously and that includes nutrition. If they fail there, it makes me wonder if there are other areas where they are slack. JMHO
 
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