What do you think of your child's school lunch program?

[Mary•Poppins]

Our school lunches are really bad. I am a teacher and I know that the school lunches are "trying" to get better, but the flip side is ... for the cafeteria to break even, they must sell items the students like and will buy. If they had a healthy meal made from scratch (our cafeteria does not do this) they wouldn't break even. It is quite sad.

My middle son struggles with his weight. So this year, we told the kids a fib ... that we were really trying to save money and that they would have to have a packed lunch everyday. My kids were fine with this ... however, my goal was to pack a healthy lunch for my middle son. It has worked out well. My son has not lost weight, but continues to not gain as he grows ... which has been our biggest problem in the winter months.

 

[1stluvispooh]

What is a traveling taco?

You open a snack size bag of fritos and put a scoop of taco meat in it.

 

[ZPT1022]

I just hope they don't decide to combine the traveling taco and the trout treasures into one meal...traveling trout taco treasures

OMG! Ewwwwwwww!

You open a snack size bag of fritos and put a scoop of taco meat in it.

That sounds more like the sort of junk my brother would have eaten at a boyscout campout than what should be served as school lunch!

 

[mickeylove2]

My DDs school lunch isn't too bad, I'm relatively happy with it. They pack 98% of the time though because it cost $2.20 a day per kid! The lunch choices are definitely better now than they were when I was in school.

 

[mumto3girls]

You open a snack size bag of fritos and put a scoop of taco meat in it.

Yes, this also qualifies as lunch a few times a month in our district only it is called a "walking taco".

 

[mum4jenn]

Gee and I thought that was only camp-fire type food!!