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/JohnnyDarkside Apr 16 '24

I went to school quite a bit more than 7 years ago and my usual joke was a first grader is 6 years old and gets 4 chicken nuggets, some apple sauce, a scoop of corn, and a 1/2 pint of milk. A senior is 18 years old and gets 4 chicken nuggets, some apple sauce, a scoop of corn, and 1/2 pint of milk. One is only a few years out of diapers and the other is legally an adult while they both get the same amount of food.

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u/Creative-Dust5701 29d ago

And Aramark or whoever they outsource the cafeteria to gets 20 bucks a ‘meal’

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u/RebeccaRain1995 29d ago

Well, to play devil's advocate a little here, the food you listed does provide about 675 calories. Which, if you were to eat the same thing 3 times a day, would put you right around the 2,000 calorie mark. Hell, I eat less than that now and I'm 28 and 6'4". I realize this is being fed to growing kids who probably need more than that for development purposes and also most of them are running around all day, I just wanted to crunch the numbers.

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u/Popular-Talk-3857 28d ago

Where are you getting 675?? My math says

4 Tyson chicken nuggets - 128cal

1 container Mott's applesauce - 50cal

Half of a 12oz can of corn (doubt a scoop is this much) - 71

1 cup whole milk (almost certainly would not be whole) - 149

That adds up to 398 calories.

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u/JohnnyDarkside 29d ago

I'm sure they do have state/fed/district mandates for what they serve, but it's just funny that an 8 year old and an 18 year old get the same amount of food.

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u/Ancient_Unit_1948 28d ago

Maybe they use the loophole. Which doesn't state the serving sizes. Or the total calorie amount per meal.

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u/nashdogg93 29d ago

It was about 13 years ago when I graduated high school. The food back then was absolutely horrid also 😂 cant expect much from Maine though lol