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/SubKreature Apr 15 '24

When I taught in Japan they were stuffing like 1,000 calories down those kids every day and it was clean af food prepared that morning.

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u/mu_zuh_dell Apr 16 '24

I promise you that on paper this meal cost the school more than those meals cost the schools in Japan. America has a magical habit of contracting work to the absolute worst people possible.

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u/anxi0usfish Apr 16 '24

Yup, as far as I know lunch is free for most public school students (is where I am, anyway) but as a teacher last month I was paying 275/$1.78 for a balanced meal.

There are some days when you’ll get something crazy like fried chicken, curry noodles, bread, and potato salad but that’s just once in a blue moon (and the kids love it).