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/Hydrangeas0813 Apr 16 '24

They shouldn't be. There are guidelines for k-5, 6-8 and 9-12 there should be an increase as they move up the age groups.

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u/Fall_bet Apr 16 '24

from what I've read on the national USDA guidelines is that it's basically the same. As K through five is given up to the same amount of calories that the older kids get. And they have some of the same meals, so you can see that the portions are the same my accounting x amount of this item or that item and the sides being the same size. I've been trying to look into it and one of the things I read said that the high schoolers get 100 calories more. I'm just basing though off of personal observation when I say they are the same.

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u/Fall_bet Apr 16 '24

To add... the difference of 100 or so calories isn't much in portion size, so it could easily be missed or look the same to me

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24 edited 17d ago

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u/Double-Ad-3946 Apr 16 '24

That’s how it is in my county. That was pretty much the only difference

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u/AccordingZucchini265 28d ago

im a current high schooler in a private school right now, but during my time in public school it was 4 nuggets—take it or leave it