Reply #87: It never was a main meal.

[donco6]

It was an option for kids who didn't LIKE the main meal. That is being reported incorrectly in the paper articles. My food service director knows the director there.

The problem is that when you start to pass laws forbidding specific foods, where does it end? Is jelly next? Desserts of any kind? How come we adults can eat them? Can't someone just talk to the school and say, "You know, Fluff has no nutritional value whatsoever. How about cutting it down?" I just don't see why everything has to be *legislated* because of one school's stupid mistake.

And before people go ranting about how schools have to be forced to do anything, I can tell you that our school nutrition council has set guidelines for what we serve in vending machines, they review the school menus and come up with changes, they tell us what we can sell for ala carte items and even at sporting events with the Booster Club. So yes, we do listen to the community.

I just hate it when articles like this get in the news, because I hate having my schools' food services run into the mud because of something someone did in Massachussetts. I know my people work hard to serve things that are nutritious, balanced with what kids will actually EAT. And we do it all on this ridiculous federal reimbursement of $2.32 per lunch. That has to pay - not only for the food - but for the labor and equipment purchases.

Sorry - rant off.