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When my son was in second grade, I once let him get a school bag lunch for a field-trip they were taking to the zoo. I ordered one for myself since I was chaperoning. The lunch was huge; at least twice the size what I usually pack, and the most nutritious thing in it was the "Smuckers Uncrustable" PBJ sandwhich - Why in the world would anybody find it necessary to remove the crusts from Wonderbread? NOTHING in the lunch was fresh. They could make these lunches up a year ahead of time and just keep them in a closet until they are needed. Now I know why the PTA asks us to donate $ for protein bars for the school emergency kits. The school has plenty of non-perishable foods, but none have any nutritional value.
The lunchroom does have a salad bar - I think it is their way of keeping the perishable food bills to a minimum. Instead of putting plant materials on kids plates, they have the salad bar with a tiny bin of pale yellow iceberg lettuce that looks dry and pinkish on the cuts (yeast), some carrot slices, a bit of broccoli and sliced apples. I sometimes see kids take apple slices, but nothing else. It looks like one family-sized bag of low quality salad mix lasts about a week - makes for low produce expenses.
When my son was in second grade, I once let him get a school bag lunch for a field-trip they were taking to the zoo. I ordered one for myself since I was chaperoning. The lunch was huge; at least twice the size what I usually pack, and the most nutritious thing in it was the "Smuckers Uncrustable" PBJ sandwhich - Why in the world would anybody find it necessary to remove the crusts from Wonderbread? NOTHING in the lunch was fresh. They could make these lunches up a year ahead of time and just keep them in a closet until they are needed. Now I know why the PTA asks us to donate $ for protein bars for the school emergency kits. The school has plenty of non-perishable foods, but none have any nutritional value.
The lunchroom does have a salad bar - I think it is their way of keeping the perishable food bills to a minimum. Instead of putting plant materials on kids plates, they have the salad bar with a tiny bin of pale yellow iceberg lettuce that looks dry and pinkish on the cuts (yeast), some carrot slices, a bit of broccoli and sliced apples. I sometimes see kids take apple slices, but nothing else. It looks like one family-sized bag of low quality salad mix lasts about a week - makes for low produce expenses.
