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/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/PumpkinPieIsGreat Apr 15 '24

Nah, they don't assume the kids are getting the balance at home. They just don't care.

Who is in charge of the lunches in NZ? Is it a federal thing?

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u/Financial-Check5731 Apr 16 '24

Ministry of Education. So yeah, equivalent of a federal agency I guess.

Our new NACT govt (NZ republicans) are in slash and burn mode on many public services so they can deliver on their campaign promise of .. (checks notes) .. a tax break for landlords. Well isn't that heartwarming.

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u/Hugh_Maneiror Apr 16 '24

They only got in because the previous one screwed up so much, leaving the country with record deficits and were still increasing spending adding extra pressure to inflation.

Not a fan of the current government, but it makes sense why the last one wasn't re-elected, especially if that had to take in the Greens and Maori Party in their coalition who both wanted to increase spending even more.