Author Topic: School lunch programs (Read 1468 times)

Marlelar · « **on:** September 08, 2014, 01:48:00 PM »

If one million can opt out of the program when they don't LIKE the food, then why are we providing anything? Obviously they have found an alternative that does not cost the taxpayer a dime.

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Marsha

songbird · « **Reply #1 on:** September 08, 2014, 03:25:30 PM »

The gov't wants us to know they own the children and remember the public school system has been run by Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ since it was started in the USA.

Marlelar · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2014, 05:18:07 PM »

I agree SB, I just find it odd that in all the discussion about school lunches the only option they focus on is changing the menu. No one seems to notice that these kids actually are eating - and not on the public dime! So they do have money for food but for "some" reason are eating on the dole. The schools could be glad they can reduce their budget.

And why on earth are schools selling candy, pop, and tic-tacs anyway? If parents want their kids to eat that stuff they can send it from home.

I know there are some truly needy kids who need a lunch provided by the school but these should be handled at a local level- school by school - not on a state or national level.

Marsha

songbird · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2014, 09:41:50 PM »

What crossed my mind was, if the gov't hurt the children with vaccines will they try putting something in the food? As kids, we had our own lunch: peanut butter and jelly or bologna, with carrots maybe a fruit, it was expensive and we had powder milk. We did fine. In 1968 I paid 40 cents for a hot lunch and it came out of my allowance/earnings or my birthday present.

Marlelar · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2014, 10:18:43 PM »

I found a site to calculate the worth of that 40 cents in todays dollars. It would be $2.74. Does anyone know how much a school lunch costs now?

Marsha

inflation calculator

p.s. this could be fun figuring out what something "should" cost based on what the gov't says the inflation rate is/has been.

Dolores · « **Reply #5 on:** September 09, 2014, 09:19:26 AM »

Quote from: Marlelar

I found a site to calculate the worth of that 40 cents in todays dollars. It would be $2.74. Does anyone know how much a school lunch costs now?

Marsha

inflation calculator

p.s. this could be fun figuring out what something "should" cost based on what the gov't says the inflation rate is/has been.

The federal government pays the schools for students on the free lunch program, which is $2.93 per free lunch.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 09, 2014, 11:28:48 AM »

When I went to parochial and public schools it was the habit of
brown bagging your lunch with a sandwich, banana, and an
apple. However, you can buy at the school Milk. Once a month,
at the parochial school, they would open the cafeteria to serve
hot dogs on a bun.
At High School, it was all brown bagging lunches.
I got use to the cafeteria option when I started community
college. But is was expensive.

Marlelar · « **Reply #7 on:** September 09, 2014, 07:00:58 PM »

Quote from: RomanCatholic1953

When I went to parochial and public schools it was the habit of
brown bagging your lunch with a sandwich, banana, and an
apple. However, you can buy at the school Milk. Once a month,
at the parochial school, they would open the cafeteria to serve
hot dogs on a bun.
At High School, it was all brown bagging lunches.
I got use to the cafeteria option when I started community
college. But is was expensive.

Yes, times have certainly changed. I was in grade school in VA and we had a hot lunch program but it was too expensive so I was always given a sacked lunch. When we moved to the west coast none of the schools had cafeterias until I got to jr high. It was still too expensive so I brought lunch to school my whole life (public schools). The only time I had a hot lunch was when I worked in the cafeteria. We got a free lunch if we volunteered to wash dishes, push a broom, or clean up the mess in the cafeteria after lunch.

We were not poor by any means, my parents just didn't waste money when a PBJ or bologna or cheese made a perfectly good lunch along with a fruit and crackers etc. I got a hot dinner, why would I need a hot lunch?

Now kids get a free lunch (and sometimes b-fast too) and throw a lot of it away.

Marsha

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 09, 2014, 09:04:37 PM »

Quote from: Dolores

Quote from: Marlelar
I found a site to calculate the worth of that 40 cents in todays dollars. It would be $2.74. Does anyone know how much a school lunch costs now?

Marsha

inflation calculator

p.s. this could be fun figuring out what something "should" cost based on what the gov't says the inflation rate is/has been.

The federal government pays the schools for students on the free lunch program, which is $2.93 per free lunch.

and I bet is all GMO's Monsanto unhealthy foods.

Designed so the students are overweight and obese early in life.

The secret is that the government does not count foods and
energy in the official monthly inflation report.

Without foods and energy counted, the overall inflation is around
2 to 3 percent when it is really 6 to 8 percent.

This to protect the political establishment in their spending
habits.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #9 on:** September 09, 2014, 09:13:56 PM »

I went to public school. We had lunch kettles. My Mother made my lunch mostly. Buying lunch at school was a treat like Friday was pizza day. Yes, we had dinner at home as a family.

It the parents arent feeding the children lunch or dinner that would be child abuse when they are getting food stamps and spending money.