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cupman said:
yeah, cravenchx, there has been no disagreement on whether it was the right thing to do or not. I think the argument just came down to severity and how we should react. You are right, it is ridiculous and the lady who made the poor judgment should get some kind of reprimand.. I wouldn't say we should fire her without a little bigger picture of what kind of employee she is.

I just have this feeling that we will drive this thread to 30 pages and then we will get the full story and all feel silly for arguing over it.
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agreed
 
I have a feeling that what was going on at this school is a pre-k and up nutrition program. I wouldn't even be surprised if this isn't part of the paperwork the parents signed for Pre-K care for their kids... I know my friend with kids had to sign a lot of papers about the type of care and services the school would provide her kids in preschool. These kind of programs often are part of the services offered by the school - thats right, its a service. The USDA guidelines are what the school has to follow as to what constitutes a nutritious meal. If your kid has a dietary problem, the schools will accomadate that - I have one friend whose kids get soymilk (provided by the school). Because its a school service, unless you opt out, the lunch ladies may check on your kid from time to time to make sure he is gettig enough to eat. I know our local school provides free lunches to poor kids and supplements thier food if they need it. Now, replacing the kids turkey with chicken nuggets sounds to me like another case of a person not being able to think out of the box, but I seriously do not think this action was the result of some conspiracy to make parents "pay" for school lunches... It just sounds like the actions of one very foolish or ignorant person who unfortunately mis-evaluated the kids lunches... I remember going to school with kids who either had no lunches, or might only have a banana or something for the whole day. Should the school ignore these kids? Never look into whether they need something more than what thier parents packed for them? I do know that it is not unheard of to check lunches from home because a lot of poor kids do go to school with no lunch or un-nutritious lunches, sometimes due to poverty or other factors... It really is part of the schools job to make sure children are not going hungry... especially if they are enrolled in a nutrition program. In this case, it is unclear if the child was enrolled in a nutrition program, but there is a statement on one of the articles that say lunches are required to meet nutritional guidelines... In this case, it seems the lunch does meet those requirements (except it had no veggies), but not all children are so lucky as to be able to bring a healthy lunch, and the schools do provide a safety net for those kids when they check up on their lunches (or find out if they have a lunch at all).
 
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RHRanch said:
I have a feeling that what was going on at this school is a pre-k and up nutrition program. I wouldn't even be surprised if this isn't part of the paperwork the parents signed for Pre-K care for their kids... I know my friend with kids had to sign a lot of papers about the type of care and services the school would provide her kids in preschool. These kind of programs often are part of the services offered by the school - thats right, its a service. The USDA guidelines are what the school has to follow as to what constitutes a nutritious meal. If your kid has a dietary problem, the schools will accomadate that - I have one friend whose kids get soymilk (provided by the school). Because its a school service, unless you opt out, the lunch ladies may check on your kid from time to time to make sure he is gettig enough to eat. I know our local school provides free lunches to poor kids and supplements thier food if they need it. Now, replacing the kids turkey with chicken nuggets sounds to me like another case of a person not being able to think out of the box, but I seriously do not think this action was the result of some conspiracy to make parents "pay" for school lunches... It just sounds like the actions of one very foolish or ignorant person who unfortunately mis-evaluated the kids lunches... I remember going to school with kids who either had no lunches, or might only have a banana or something for the whole day. Should the school ignore these kids? Never look into whether they need something more than what thier parents packed for them? I do know that it is not unheard of to check lunches from home because a lot of poor kids do go to school with no lunch or un-nutritious lunches, sometimes due to poverty or other factors... It really is part of the schools job to make sure children are not going hungry... especially if they are enrolled in a nutrition program. In this case, it is unclear if the child was enrolled in a nutrition program, but there is a statement on one of the articles that say lunches are required to meet nutritional guidelines... In this case, it seems the lunch does meet those requirements, but not all children are so lucky as to be able to bring a healthy lunch, and the schools do provide a safety net for those kids when they check up on their lunches (or find out if they have a lunch at all).
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I still wonder then, why was it taken away?
Sorry, does not compute!
 
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cravenchx said:
I still wonder then, why was it taken away?
So, does not compute!
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Cause it didn't have the dairy aspect. The article said if it had some cheese on the turkey sand which, it would meet the dairy. My schools werent allowed to sell you one item. By law they had to sell you the whole lunch.
 
From what I read, there was dairy in the meal, but no vegetables. The girls mother said her daughter would not eat the veggies so she did not include them in the lunch. Instead, she put in 2 fruit servings. It is unclear if the lack of veggies was why the lunch was deemed unbalanced. The child was given a school lunch which included chicken nuggets and other items. The girls home lunch was not taken away, later in the story it says the child returned home with her home packed lunch, uneaten.
 

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