School Adds Ice Cream After Nutritional Lunches Don't Sell
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[QUOTE]A Kentucky school reportedly has turned to ice cream to help fund its school lunch program.
A letter from school principal Cathy Stover to parents of students at St. Joseph Elementary School in
Crescent Springs, Kentucky, announced that frozen treat would be added to the menu in an effort to
encourage more students to buy food.
Stover wrote in a letter posted by local news station WXIX-TV in Cincinnati that under 2012 federal
nutrition guidelines, fewer elementary students were buying lunches. The lunch program is run by
the diocese, so in order to keep it financially afloat the school was introducing the ice cream as an
option for kids, according to the letter.
"As the result of the reduction in [sales of] student lunches, it is somewhat difficult at times to
make ends meet," read a portion of the posted letter. "It has been suggested to the schools that
we add ice cream to make up the difference."
A spokesman for the Covington Diocese in Covington County, Kentucky, confirmed the existence
of the letter but refused to comment on the lunch program to ABC News. Stover deferred comment
to the spokesman.[/QUOTE]
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That's a lunch? That's a snack. When I was in high school we had these rectangular slices of pizza every. single. day. Along with other stuff, but I ate the pizza because they were actually good. Not only that, I'd get two, lay one face down on the other, and make a god damn amazing sandwich out of it
Same shit happened in my school. The lunches suck, are too small and are expensive, so everyone goes to the chicken shop down the road instead where 3 wings, chips and a drink is about £1.50 (~$2.20).
[QUOTE=TheTalon;47277207]That's a lunch? That's a snack. When I was in high school we had these rectangular slices of pizza every. single. day. Along with other stuff, but I ate the pizza because they were actually good. Not only that, I'd get two, lay one face down on the other, and make a god damn amazing sandwich out of it[/QUOTE]I said this in another thread, but there must have been a whole other world of rectangular pizza slices I never saw, because the ones they had at my school every day tasted like saltines with cooking spray. Wouldn't feed them to my dog.
My high school had this weird policy wherein you must have a piece of fruit to complete your lunch. Of course the fruit usually ended up abandoned, tossed around, or mushed.
And the pizza there tasted like vegetarian garbage.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;47277207]That's a lunch? That's a snack.[/QUOTE]
Yeah too true. Corndog I can understand as a meal component, since it's like a battered sausage. But the maraconi seems to be a pretty pathetic portion (the amount of peas is fine though, the fewer peas the better), and are they seriously giving kids 5-6 individual crisps as a side?
St Joseph Elementary needs to step up their nutrition budget if THIS is a typical meal there. Please don't tell me the kids actually have to put down lunch money for this shite, 'cause that'd be borderline child exploitation on top of neglect.
That's still better than what New York high schools get.
That's most likely a stock photo found on google or something. They said their "Nutritional Lunches" weren't selling. That stock photo is not a nutritious lunch. Their actual lunches are more likely more greens and fruits, less mac-n-cheese and corn dogs.
Just out of curiosity, is it true that certain schools across America are dropping out of the Federal Lunch Program?
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;47277301]That's most likely a stock photo found on google or something. They said their "Nutritional Lunches" weren't selling. That stock photo is not a nutritious lunch. Their actual lunches are more likely more greens and fruits, less mac-n-cheese and corn dogs.[/QUOTE]
Greens and fruits are hardly filling though. If a lunch isn't filling then why even bother since you'll be hungry 10 minutes later.
If anything they need soft sweet oaty flapjacks as part of the free lunch regimen, slow release energy and whatnot. Though apparently Americans call them "granola bars" or something weird like that.
[QUOTE=ironman17;47277320]Just out of curiosity, is it true that certain schools across America are dropping out of the Federal Lunch Program?[/QUOTE]
Yes. Some schools are listening to their students and athletes who are complaining about being hungry, sluggish, and tired because they aren't getting enough food/calories to have an active lifestyle.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;47277324]Greens and fruits are hardly filling though. If a lunch isn't filling then why even bother since you'll be hungry 10 minutes later.[/QUOTE]
Because it's to try an "combat childhood obeisity" by forcibly having kids intake less calories than they need.
that food in the op doesnt even look like food. that shit looks outright nasty.
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like this is barely recognizable as edible
the food would be fine but the schools are lazy shits and would rather sell out their cafeteria to the lowest bidder.
I just stopped ordering lunch after awhile. Brought my own shit. School stopped serving anything that could be construed as tasty, and even did away with the vending machines I used to get dr pepper at lunch. So yeah, I just stopped giving them money altogether.
You guys get pizzas for lunch? that must have been great. Meanwhile I'm here stuck with potato and fish every other day.
In my high school we had awesome lunches, like chicken alfredo, had homemade cookies, and other really cool stuff.
I bought lunch there every day, and it was awesome. Not small portions either. I actually enjoyed it.
When I was still in school and I was still super-mega-ultra poor instead of just being really, really poor, I was on the free lunch program from about primary school up until high school when I got a job and was able to pay for my own food. I actually passed out a few times during primary school because the lunch wasn't filling enough and because of my metabolism I would end up with low blood sugar and shit if I didn't eat enough. After a good doctor's note and a threat to take the case to court I was from then on able to get three meals instead of one. I can tell you one thing, even after eating three school meals (imagine stomaching that garbage out of sheer NEED to eat, if I could get by I wouldn't have even fucking touched the stuff honestly, I've eaten dog food before, it was about on par with school food where I'm from) I was still starving an hour or two later.
But because we have a fat kid problem and apparently punishing everyone is better than educating children on making good decisions and enabling them to be healthier by choice. I mean, you force a kid to eat healthy but shit tasting food and they'll never want to be healthy again after they get the choice to not eat the crap you toss in front of them, you teach them about making good healthy decisions and enjoying stuff in moderation and they're set up to be healthy for life. I shouldn't have been forced into potentially life threatening situations when I was a little kid because some shit fuck irresponsible parent can't keep little johnny lardball from eating an entire packet of oreos in one sitting.
I mean, we as a society should do everything we can to fix the problem, but there is a point when we're no longer helping anyone and instead are harming everyone, that is the point where personal accountability should come into play.
[QUOTE=draugur;47277511]When I was still in school and I was still super mega poor instead of just being really poor, I was on the free lunch program from about primary school up until high school when I got a job and was able to pay for my own food. I actually passed out a few times during primary school because the lunch wasn't filling enough and because of my metabolism I would end up with low blood sugar and shit if I didn't eat enough. After a good doctor's note and a threat to take the case to court I was from then on able to get three meals instead of one. I can tell you one thing, even after eating three school meals (imagine stomaching that garbage out of sheer NEED to eat, if I could get by I wouldn't have even fucking touched the stuff honestly) I was still starving an hour or two later.
But because we have a fat kid problem and apparently punishing everyone is better than educating children on making good decisions and enabling them to be healthier by choice. I mean, you force a kid to eat healthy but shit tasting food and they'll never want to be healthy again after they get the choice to not eat the crap you toss in front of them, you teach them about making good healthy decisions and enjoying stuff in moderation and they're set up to be healthy for life. I shouldn't have been forced into potentially life threatening situations when I was a little kid because some shit fuck irresponsible parent can't keep little johnny lardball from eating an entire packet of oreos in one sitting.
I mean, we as a society should do everything we can to fix the problem, but there is a point when we're no longer helping anyone and instead are harming everyone, that is the point where personal accountability should come into play.[/QUOTE]
THIS is the problem with trying to fix personal accountability issues through public means. You don't fix the personal accountability issue, and now everyone else suffers.
Michelle Obama doesn't know how it's like to be a kid.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;47277533]THIS is the problem with trying to fix personal accountability issues through public means. You don't fix the personal accountability issue, and now everyone else suffers.[/QUOTE]
We should offer anything we can to help people make good decisions and be healthy. Part of the issue is that when I was in primary school we would also get punished for not eating all the food on the tray because "it was wasteful". That sure didn't help the fat kids.
Another big issue was that physical education classes are bogus as fuck here. They're either hardcore bullshit like running the pacer every day all day (do kids still do that?), or they take you on a nice walk around the block and call the class "recreational fitness". This pretty much labeled the classes as "fat and lazy class where you don't do shit" and "the class where all the mega athlete fags are snorting supplements behind the bleachers".
Oh and not to mention how in high school we were only required to take one credit of physical education, which is bullshit. Physical education should be mandatory for everyone and there should be the option to receive credit for it if you are on an athletics team or something, that way the kids who were already active could free up the schedule for more elective classes or whatever.
The problem is that we're trying to tackle a problem with many parts by ignoring 9/10 of the parts and throwing all the eggs into one metaphorical basket.
Granted all my experiences are from the late 90's and early 2000's, so I'm not sure how much has changed.
The county next to mine was notorious for destroying any furniture/computers that they received, so the people in charge of budget distribution gave 2/3 of the budget to my county, which only has 3 schools (a middle and two high, I think).
Resultantly, we always had great computer upgrades, great cushiony cloth chairs, stocked junk food machines, [B]a pizza hut chain location inside our cafeteria[/B], and legitimately good lunches, daily.
[editline]7th March 2015[/editline]
oh and a flatscreen in the cafeteria
[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;47277546]Michelle Obama doesn't know how it's like to be a kid.[/QUOTE]
While her intentions were in the right place, her execution was horrible and ignorant. You can't solve childhood obeisity by forcing all school kids to go on a diet. You're going to end up hurting a LOT more students than you help.
[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;47277286]That's still better than what New York high schools get.[/QUOTE]
not in Hamburg, where you get a square of pizza, or you could get a chicken patty, spaghetti, sloppy joes, etc.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;47277207]That's a lunch? That's a snack. When I was in high school we had these rectangular slices of pizza every. single. day. Along with other stuff, but I ate the pizza because they were actually good. Not only that, I'd get two, lay one face down on the other, and make a god damn amazing sandwich out of it[/QUOTE]
a SNACK?
hello, fat person here
a corndog, mac-n-cheese and peas are a snack to you? that's a light meal but it's no snack
how much do you eat? :v:
[QUOTE=ironman17;47277273]Yeah too true. Corndog I can understand as a meal component, since it's like a battered sausage. But the maraconi seems to be a pretty pathetic portion (the amount of peas is fine though, the fewer peas the better), and are they seriously giving kids 5-6 individual crisps as a side?
St Joseph Elementary needs to step up their nutrition budget if THIS is a typical meal there. Please don't tell me the kids actually have to put down lunch money for this shite, 'cause that'd be borderline child exploitation on top of neglect.[/QUOTE]
That isn't a picture of a school lunch. It's a stock image.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;47277559]While her intentions were in the right place, her execution was horrible and ignorant. You can't solve childhood obeisity by forcing all school kids to go on a diet. You're going to end up hurting a LOT more students than you help.[/QUOTE]
I agree. If my elementary school didn't follow the National School Lunch Program, I'd be studying at Harvard right now.
[QUOTE=J!NX;47277562]not in Hamburg, where you get a square of pizza, or you could get a chicken patty, spaghetti, sloppy joes, etc.
a SNACK?
hello, fat person here
a corndog, mac-n-cheese and peas are a snack to you? that's a light meal but it's no snack
how much do you eat? :v:[/QUOTE]
If you participate in after school sports or any kind of activity, that could be NOT EVEN HALF of the calories you need to hold you over until supper, especially if you have practice right after school then a game/match/whatever. I've passed out because if it when I was in high school.
the food at my high school was so shit that we all just jumped the fence at the bottom of the football pitches and went to the high street for our lunch hour
My high school (in Canada) served plates of this for $5. You can pick what you want on it.
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Hurray for taking pictures of my food so often, I can actually use them for something semi-useful!
[QUOTE=J!NX;47277562]not in Hamburg, where you get a square of pizza, or you could get a chicken patty, spaghetti, sloppy joes, etc.[/QUOTE]
If you mean Hamburg in Erie County, I'm actually moving to Hamburg next month.
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