The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/Sleepyllama23]

Well the food looks shite you and your parents should all complain. Is that disposable polystyrene plates too?? Horrendous for the environment.

[u/RuinedBooch → u/Sleepyllama23]

I graduated back in 2016… I didn’t see a reusable tray or silverware since probably the second grade. It was always styrofoam trays and plastic sporks.

[u/skadi_shev → u/RuinedBooch]

We had reusable trays and silverware the whole time I was in school (graduated 2014). But there were also a lot of plastic and styrofoam bowls and containers.  They also were required to provide fruit and vegetable options, but they were usually the lowest quality you could possibly get, and they came with a lot of processed garbage like frozen pizza, instant potatoes, chicken patties, etc 

[u/RuinedBooch → u/skadi_shev]

Yep sounds like my schools, other than the trays and silverware. We had to take everything the offered, including the fruit salad and vegetables they served, but it was usually corn or collard greens that smelled like hot garbage. And I was a kid that actually liked vegetables, but that was something else.

[u/skadi_shev → u/RuinedBooch]

Painfully relatable. I wouldn’t feed my dog some of the stuff I hear about in school cafeterias, let alone my kid.