Kids these days are obese, watch too much television, and would rather shoot each other than eat a vegetable. School lunch menus aren't helping matters, what with the chocolate milk, tater tots, and chicken nuggets more common than anything resembling fruit or vegetables. Parents in Salem, Oregon have had enough and have signed a petition demanding changes to school lunch menus in their district.
The parents are taking issue in particular with the district's cost-saving effort to use pre-packaged rather than fresh foods for lunches. Lunchables anyone? On the other hand, the district superintendent nails it when he asks what other costs he's supposed to cut if not food costs? Teacher salaries? Supplies? I feel for the guy.
And yes, nutrition for kids is important. But I'd rather get up five minutes earlier and make my kids a lunch and let their school district spend the money on other things. Famous last words though, eh? My kids aren't starting school until the Fall.
