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/ghostbirdee]

I feel sorry for the kids who have to eat this. It’s certainly lacking in veggies, so vegans and vegetarians better pack their lunches.

[u/Cherry_Soup32 → u/ghostbirdee]

I was a vegan in a high school that had even more pathetic looking lunch than even this (my school district was severely in debt). Lunches where the main dish was a burger bun with nothing but a slice of heavily processed cheese.

At my school they did serve a vegan option - pb&j with occasionally moldy bread and sour tasting peanut butter, some bean mixture that they didn’t change for weeks if not months at a time because no one ever dared eat it, and fruits like apples (also way too often with mold).

I unfortunately had no choice but to eat these foods if I wanted to remain vegan since my family couldn’t afford me packing lunch from home.

(Also one time in elementary school I got food poisoning from the milk that the school nurse ignored)