Agosto's Lunch Break

This article by Great Schools is addressed to parents considered about the current school lunches provided to the children in their district. Unlike any other source, this one focuses solely on 3 organizations that advocate. The diversity of the listed projects gives an opportunity to expand on different approaches to solve the various problems of the lunch program. However, there is no attempt to address the current issues of our system, requiring a previous understanding of how the school lunch system currently operates.

The A la Carte after school option gives students a new way to snack after school. The goal is to get food out

About 600 students of the 1,364 students who were presented fruit ate it on that same day. The average intake for those who consumed fruit was above half a cup, which is higher than the necessary portion quantity in one day for those in grades kindergarten through 8th grade. Conversely, out of 850 students offered vegetables, 51 students ate it. This research shows that food service workers may need to think about how to make the fruits and vegetables more aesthetically pleasing. It also suggests children may not know what they are due to being used to fast food every day when not at school.

Lunch mercifully arrived, and Lewis broke one of his self-imposed rules and let himself slouch. Over the summer, he had been accustomed to grabbing something from Sylvester's refrigerator or cabinet if even the thought of hunger passed through his mind. Now, Lewis had to wait four hours for a tray of food. It seemed like Sylvester was on the same page when he grabbed Lewis's arm and quickly dragged him toward the lunch line. Knowing Sylvester, Lewis got in line first to let the big guy know what the blondie was going to get. Sylvester never wanted to get the same thing since Lewis always shared. He grabbed a fruit salad, and whatever else that looked colorful.

Students have become more restricted than ever when it comes to picking the food they want to eat in the cafeteria, most of the food is healthy and has the essential vitamins and calories a student would need. The healthy hunger free kids act was implemented in 2012 and took away the use of grease, high sodium products and more. This aimed to yes take away all the tastier foods but also to try to opt for a more balanced and healthy lunch. When a student purchases a lunch, they are encouraged to take at least one fruit or vegetable and a low-fat milk. However, most of these “required foods” end up in the trash. Most of the time it’s a hit or miss with school lunches because not all school operate the same.

Operators from all over were reporting large amounts of foods going to waste and participation decreased from the students. “We lost 15 percent of our revenue when we started putting the Healthy, Hunger­Free Kids Act into place,” said Chris Burkardt, director of child nutrition and wellness at the Lokota Local School District. Students are gradually beginning to bring their own lunches or leave campus for fast food, and to reduce waste and reel students back in for lunch, many cafeterias have created their own methods of serving food to their students. In Ohio at the Lokota Local School District, stir­fry stations with various vegetables are offered for students to have meals made to order. Schools in Minnesota are weeding out processed foods in favor of foods made from scratch in full­size kitchens.

Fortunately, students are slowly but steadily adapting to the new program. Foley recognized that students will even bring chips and other snacks from home to supplement the school entrees (Foley). The hope for many is that kids will begin to grab healthy snack items from the school snack line rather than bring their own from home. The children seem to be adapting to compromise with the new reforms in the school lunch

Verna Keesbury and Diane Willis are in charge of food operations for our K-12 school located in Montpelier, OH. Serving over 1,000 meals a day is not only challenging but rewarding to these women as well. Verna's kitchen staff starts serving meals at 10:30 a.m. and ends with the last high school lunch at 1:00 p.m. The greatest addition to Montpelier Schools' Lunch Program has been the School Dinning System Portal. Students enter their lunch number quickly and efficiently and RevTrack allows parents to track spending and eating habits. Parents are also able to pay lunch fees on-line.

Please be quick so the children will have time to eat. I have two more neighborhoods that I have to go to before my run is over.” explained the man. The children sat down on the blankets and just as we were about to hand out the brown paper sacks with lunch in them to them, the man got a call. “One second, I have to take this, it’s the health department. They came by earlier today to check the food on the van.” said the man. When he hung up the phone he looked at us in disappointment. “I’m so sorry, kids. The temperature of the food in the cooler was not right, and I have just been informed that everything on this van is to be discarded, not

The school lunches at our school are not good and it needs to be fixed. We need lots of changes in the lunch room because of many things. The time is a great problem for many of the kids. The space is very small and we could use more. Other problems consist of the amount of food the kids are getting, the kind of food the kids are consuming. "The 'mystery meat' — we're right back to that kind of image again,"(Katie Wilson 1) Mr. Barrett said ‘’the hamburger-based entrees that would have been made with the beef were simply replaced with other menu items. "Only about 25 to 30 percent of our entrees have ground beef,” (Samuels, Christina A) I bet I’m not the only one that thinks the food doesn’t taste very good either. Now I’m going to tell you about all these problems.

There is much controversy over school lunches at PCEP, our sample of the students was almost divided on the issue. In a survey of 80 students attending PCEP lasting from Monday to Thursday, we found 35 Students (44%) bought school lunches. On the other end, 42 students brought lunch (52%). We also found 1 person (1%) did not eat lunch and 2 (3%) said they only eat lunch sometimes. Overall, the majority of student brought lunch.

It was a normal ordinary day, or at least I thought it was. Didn’t have my homework, played my phone, talked to friends, it was all good. It was around 9 or 10 o'clock. Everyone was getting their snack out of their backpack, and of course I did too, I was flipping hungry! I brought in some tangerines, man did I love those. The teacher put on a little video while we ate. I decided not

The entire process of lunch program assistance is rooted in feasibility and accessibility, with the intended audience suffering as a result of political agendas. Seeking to reach some semblance of balance, the nation’s public school lunches underwent a major facelift under the Obama Administration, with Michelle Obama spearheading the movement. In an effort to improve the quality of school lunches, Mrs. Obama worked with all the major actors involved in the process from students to food distributors to formulate at a plan that would enable students to reach their full potential without fear of food insecurity. With the rise of the Industrial Revolution, families began moving to the cities enabling what was previously saved for the elite, a chance at an education for their children (Twilley, Nicola). The correlation between academic

The Narrative, by Tony Palmer, Break of day is about a boy named Murray and his brother Will. Murray tried to find out about his uncle and true courage by fighting in WW2. In this essay, we will be exploring how Tony Palmer depicts the themes of family, bravery and death throughout the Narrative. Tony Palmer uses the narrative Break of Day to show how close families are, how bravery is more than just doing the hard thing, and how death happens everywhere, not just at war.

Have you ever wondered why you hardly ever get to finish your school lunch, in this