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In reply to the discussion: School Lunch? [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)It is one of those things that sounds plausible on the surface, but when you look even a little deeper, starts to fall apart. There's been a great deal of that occurring from the left in recent months than I've typically seen in the past.
Things like this school lunch comparison have fooled me in the past and will again in the future (hopefully not as often).
I agree that better lunches for kids would be great. In fact, I believe school lunches should be from fresh ingredients, grown as locally as possible, prepared with the help of the students, and created with nutrition as the top priority. A child should be able to thrive on the one state-funded meal they receive each day, despite what they may eat outside of school.
I also worked in the public school system for many years (Texas and Maine). The school lunch program, as it is in most public schools, is a mockery of the word "appetizing", but it is fair-to-middlin' nutritious most days and it is better than nothing. For some kids, it is extremely better than nothing.