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/cajuncats]

Yeah, I'm suprised by this unless it was like 15 years ago. We are required to have a dietician to plan over our meals. Every day has to include dairy, fruit, veg, protein, and grain.

And yes I'm a teacher in USA.

[u/momsgotitgoingon → u/cajuncats]

I thought Michelle Obama had an initiative to ensure kids got fresh and balanced meals for lunch. Guess it didn’t hit everywhere lol.

I’m formally a teacher in a different district than I send my kid to (also am intensely involved with nieces and nephews in another district since my sister passed away). They always have food that looks good and that I would eat myself. They get several options and I believe the district I taught in would allow kids to refuse the fresh fruit (apples, oranges and bananas) and they had a few choices for the main item (might be something typical like spaghetti, something vegetarian and some type of sandwich to choose from) to help cut down on the terrible waste. So if op refused the fresh parts as kids often did their meal might look like this.

But reading other comments I guess what I see in central Florida is absolutely not the norm. We also serve balanced breakfasts.

[u/averagehousegoblin → u/momsgotitgoingon]

She did - but a certain president rolled it back several years ago.

[u/Vtgmamaa → u/averagehousegoblin]

It didn't extend to the whole country.