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Believe it or not, they control what you can send in with your child now.
Send too many fatty foods and you get a call or visit.
My children are all high-metabolism, low-BMI (fortunate genes) health kids. They can't get enough to eat at school anymore and end up engorging themselves when they get home.
The nation’s largest teachers union has published an article supporting the new federal school lunch regulations championed by First Lady Michelle Obama, despite the fact that students across the nation have complained about the food and not getting enough to eat.
“The National Education Association believes when it comes to the health of America’s youth, it’s best to think of exercise and nutrition as different sides of the same coin,” said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. “Students need both to perform well in school and develop healthy lifestyles that will serve them for the rest of their...
But it certainly isn't happening everywhere.
There has GOT to be a way for the individual school districts to operate the way the taxpayer IN those districts decide, isn't there?