Chicago public school bans lunch from home

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spidey07

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Won't somebody think of the children? But nobody even realizes the kids don't eat the school lunch because it's so bad. You could make a much better meal for them from home. Just what the hell is happening to this country. Look at that picture of an enchilada and tell me that's healthy, or appetizing.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...nch-restrictions-041120110410,0,4567867.story

Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.

"Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school," Carmona said. "It's about the nutrition and the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus a Coke. But with allergies and any medical issue, of course, we would make an exception."
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At Little Village, most students must take the meals served in the cafeteria or go hungry or both. During a recent visit to the school, dozens of students took the lunch but threw most of it in the garbage uneaten. Though CPS has improved the nutritional quality of its meals this year, it also has seen a drop-off in meal participation among students, many of whom say the food tastes bad.
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DesiPower

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These kind of people should be sent to mental institutions for the rest of their miserable excuse of their life with no possibility of release.

In case they did it for money, then they should be electrocuted
 
ElFenix

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obviously there are too many school administrators if they have time to come up with this crap
 
Schadenfroh

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The main reason I brought my own lunch during my high school days was that the food from school was so unhealthy and tasted awful. They served things like pizza, tacos, sweet corn and French fries daily with some kind of overly sweetened apple sauce for dessert. Not only was the food terrible for you, but it tasted bad too. As a matter of fact, they managed to make a pizza taste worse than Little Caesars, which is impressive.

The children of poor families received free lunches, so those dependent on Medicaid and welfare had the least healthy diets.
 
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Genx87

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Unless something changed. School lunches are notoriously poor in health. Mainly because the school districts are buying the cheapest made crap to feed the kids. McDonalds is probably health compared to most school lunch programs.

Home of the free am I right?
 
ElFenix

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that enchilada pile looks like it's fantastic for you, btw
 
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MotF Bane

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To my recollection, school lunch food was not at all healthy, often insufficient in quantity, lacking in necessary levels of nutrition, and tasted terrible. And that's at a private school with money pouring out the windows!

FOR THE CHILDREN!
 
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piasabird

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They probably get a federal kick-back for every child they feed. Either that or they want to protect muslims and people with alergies from being exposed to the wrong food. It is not my fault if your excuse for a child has an alergy. Go cry a river. If a child wants a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich that should be ok. If I want to send my child a hot Ham and Cheese sandwich, that should be fine also.

Yum Yum Shephards Pie????
 
Schadenfroh

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They probably get a federal kick-back for every child they feed.
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That is a logical reason, much more so than the authoritarian "government knows better than your parents" explanation given by the school.
 
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I remember back in high school that I saw one of the boxes that the burgers came in: Grade D but edible. MMMMMM, nothing like edible food.

Who started the idea? Was it lazy ass parents forcing the school to make it so they are the only ones allowed to provide lunch? Or is this the school deciding, yet again, that they are better parents than the parents?

I know there are plenty of bad parents that don't want to take responsibility for their kids but this has gotten beyond ridiculous.
 
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I could sorta see banning certain types of snacks from being brought in, but not bringing in meals. Even the snacks thing really isn't helpful to teaching children how to take care of themselves, but I can appreciate the concept that they want to create a healthy environment. School lunch was far from a contributor to that type of environment at most of the schools I went to. The only school that I recall giving good healthy lunch was in Hawaii on the military base. It wasn't ultra healthy, but the food was appetizing and was obviously made from fresh ingredients instead of the nasty stuff they serve at most public schools. It was a definite step up from what I experienced elsewhere.

One particularly hilarious meal I remember when I went to high school in Iowa was the "walking taco". It was composed of a mini bag of Fritos, incredibly greasy meat (you know the orange grease all over), and a handful of cheese.
 
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Schadenfroh said:
The main reason I brought my own lunch during my high school days was that the food from school was so unhealthy and tasted awful. They served things like pizza, tacos, sweet corn and French fries daily with some kind of overly sweetened apple sauce for dessert. Not only was the food terrible for you, but it tasted bad too. As a matter of fact, they managed to make a pizza taste worse than Little Caesars, which is impressive.

The children of poor families received free lunches, so those dependent on Medicaid and welfare had the least healthy diets.
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Same here, I really don't know how the hell they made pizza's at my school. But now many years later, the ingredients they used must have been terrible. With basic ingredients I couldn't make a cheese pizza taste as bad as that unless I went out of my way to sabotage what I was making. It must have been stuff that was just insanely cheap, things you can't even find at a normal store.
 
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LumbergTech said:
I could sorta see banning certain types of snacks from being brought in, but not bringing in meals. Even the snacks thing really isn't helpful to teaching children how to take care of themselves, but I can appreciate the concept that they want to create a healthy environment. School lunch was far from a contributor to that type of environment at most of the schools I went to. The only school that I recall giving good healthy lunch was in Hawaii on the military base. It wasn't ultra healthy, but the food was appetizing and was obviously made from fresh ingredients instead of the nasty stuff they serve at most public schools. It was a definite step up from what I experienced elsewhere.

One particularly hilarious meal I remember when I went to high school in Iowa was the "walking taco". It was composed of a mini bag of Fritos, incredibly greasy meat (you know the orange grease all over), and a handful of cheese.
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BS, it's not the school's job to monitor what my kids eat if they are bringing it from home. This is a money grab by the school
 
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Tom

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When I was in school all we had for lunch was a bowl of gruel, cold, and we were glad to have it.
 
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fskimospy

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CPA said:
BS, it's not the school's job to monitor what my kids eat if they are bringing it from home. This is a money grab by the school
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Actually, in ways it is. (in loco parentis)

This is a dumb idea from a policy standpoint, but it's certainly within a school's power to decide what sort of food can be consumed inside it.

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should though.
 
PottedMeat

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heh the last two years of high school i don't think i ever ate the cafeteria food. i'd get a milk/juice and some prepackaged mrs baird's apple cinnamon rolls. i'd wait to get home for real food.

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Schadenfroh

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JockoJohnson said:
I remember back in high school that I saw one of the boxes that the burgers came in: Grade D but edible. MMMMMM, nothing like edible food.
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Well, if you were lucky enough to be in elementary school back in 2002...
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=1524758&nav=2CSfJ7C5

Cocaine Found in School Beef
The US Drug Enforcement Agency is trying to figure out how 30 pounds of cocaine ended up on school property in South Mississippi.
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Recently two schools were surprised to find the drug packed in a shipment of ground beef.
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"The cocaine was right beside the ground beef in the case," Christian said.

Last week, a similar package was discovered at Ellisville Elementary.
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