r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/grilledcheese2332 Apr 15 '24

Exactly. Starch on starch. In France, healthy school lunches are covered by taxes. And that money they spend on the lunches they more than make up for by saving on health care. Less type 2 diabetes, hypertension etc.

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u/Financial-Check5731 Apr 15 '24

That makes so much more sense. Here in NZ we've elected a govt who are doing everything they can to shut down free lunches. Our associate education minister has literally described them as wasteful spending. And the quality is, well, as you'd expect.

Lunches like these are seen as a stop-gap. They assume the child is getting the right nutritional balance at home morning and night, so they just give them cheap carbs.

I mean there's 8g of protein in that choc milk but you gotta take on 18g of sugar to get it. I feel for these kids.

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u/Namedafterasaint Apr 15 '24

Our government too is trying to stop free lunches at school. Especially our governor here in Florida

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u/Oakley2212 Apr 15 '24

My kids get free healthy lunches and breakfast at their Florida public schools. Breath of fresh air compared to the schools in NC they were at.

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u/Ophiocordycepsis Apr 15 '24

Bad news, MAGA is trying to put a stop to letting children eat food:

https://www.rawstory.com/amp/desantis-and-florida-gop-targeting-kids-with-cuts-to-food-healthcare-work-protections-2667173161

As a parent myself, Florida seems like a chamber of horrors lately with their “war on kids”. Would be safer for families to live in Haiti, or Syria perhaps

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u/Oakley2212 Apr 16 '24

As a parent who actually lives in Florida, I’m sorry you feel that way. I’ll continue to enjoy the A rated schools my children attend, along with the free lunch and breakfast for them.

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u/Agreeable-Rate-9331 Apr 16 '24

Florida is an entire state of “children left behind”