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-- Fw: Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight

I am stunned by this story. What the heck?? lol

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Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight

Students who attend Chicago's Little Village Academy public school get nothing but nutritional tough love during their lunch period each day. The students can either eat the cafeteria food--or go hungry. Only students with allergies are allowed to bring a homemade lunch to school, the Chicago Tribune reports.

"Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school," principal Elsa Carmona told the paper. "It's about ... the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus a Coke."

But students said they would rather bring their own lunch to school in the time-honored tradition of the brown paper bag. "They're afraid that we'll all bring in greasy food instead of healthy food and it won't be as good as what they give us at school," student Yesenia Gutierrez told the paper. "It's really lame."

The story has attracted hundreds of comments so far. One commenter, who says her children attend a different Chicago public school, writes, "I can accept if they want to ban soda, but to tell me I can't send a lunch with my child. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????"

For parents whose kids do not qualify for free or reduced price school lunches, the $2.25 daily cafeteria price can also tally more than a homemade lunch. "We don't spend anywhere close to that on my son's daily intake of a sandwich (lovingly cut into the shape of a Star Wars ship), Goldfish crackers and milk," Northwestern education policy professor Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach told the paper in an email. She told The Lookout parents at her child's public school would be upset if they tried to ban homemade lunches.

"I think that lots of parents at least at my child's school do think that what they pack is more nutritious [than school lunches]," she said. A Chicago public school teacher started a blog to protest the low quality of the city's school lunches, and last year the schools tightened their nutrition standards for cafeteria-served school lunches. Every lunch must contain whole grains, only reduced-fat salad dressings and mayonnaise are offered as condiments, and the meals must feature a different vegetable each day. Meal providers also must reduce sodium content by 5 percent annually. About 86 percent of the district's students qualify for free or reduced price school lunches because their families live close to the poverty line.

Change in Chicago's school cafeterias feeds into a larger effort to combat the country's childhood obesity epidemic. About a third of America's kids are overweight or obese, and since children consume at least 30 percent of their calories while in school, making lunches healthier is seen as one way to counter that problem. Poorer kids are also more likely to be obese or overweight than middle class kids, and to consume a bigger proportion of their calories while at school. Forty-four percent of American kids living below the poverty line are obese or overweight, according to a 2010 study published in Health Affairs.

While we haven't been able to track down another school that bans homemade lunches outright, many smaller food battles have been playing out in cafeterias across the country. As principals try to counter obesity in their schools, healthy intentions can come across as overreach, occasionally sparking parent and student anger.

Alabama parents protested a school's rule that barred students from bringing any drinks from home, as ice water was provided at lunch. East Syracuse, New York schools have outlawed cupcakes and other desserts. And schools around the country have kicked out chocolate milk and soda vending machines. Former Alaska Governor Palin even showed up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with dozens of cookies to express her disdain for a debate in the state about recommending teachers limit the number of times per month the sugary treats are eaten in classroom birthday celebrations.

Tucson, Arizona's Children's Success Academy allows home-packed lunches--but only if nothing in them contains white flour, refined sugar, or other "processed" foods, the Arizona Republic reported in a story last year. The school has no cafeteria, so some parents told the paper they struggled to find foods to pack that meet the restrictions. Many schools ban fast food or other take-out meals.

Soon, cafeteria offerings across the country will all be healthier, whether students like it or not. Last year's Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, championed by First Lady Obama, calls for higher nutritional standards to serve the 32 million kids who eat lunch every day at school (most of whom qualify for free or reduced price lunches through a federal government program). For the first time, the USDA will set calorie limits for school lunches, and will recommend they contain more vegetables and whole grains, and less salt, USA Today reports. French fries should be replaced by vegetables and fruit, the guidelines say.

The bill also calls for stricter food safety checks on cafeteria food.

(A student's lunch in Gleed, Washington: AP)

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Saw that story on the news earlier today. How, pray tell, is the school

district going to deal with (a) religious requirements - Orthodox or Muslim

fasting, for instance, or kosher?

( physical requirements like allergies, celiac disease, etc?

© family choices like veganism, The Cave Man Diet, etc?

I'm 100% behind banning soda pop, etc, from schools - we didn't have

vending machines, etc, when we were kids and we lived!!! - but some idjjit

in an office doesn't get to tell me what to feed my kids. Hope the poop

hits the fan up there.

Reactionary-ing again ;-)

in WY

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Fw: Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in

national food fight

 

I am stunned by this story.  What the heck??  lol 

 

Sharon

This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling

and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to

be considered flaws or defects.

 

 

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Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight

Students who attend Chicago's Little Village Academy public school get

nothing but nutritional tough love during their lunch period each day. The

students can either eat the cafeteria food--or go hungry. Only students with

allergies are allowed to bring a homemade lunch to school, the Chicago

Tribune reports.

" Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school, "

principal Elsa Carmona told the paper. " It's about ... the excellent quality

food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus a

Coke. "

But students said they would rather bring their own lunch to school in the

time-honored tradition of the brown paper bag. " They're afraid that we'll

all bring in greasy food instead of healthy food and it won't be as good as

what they give us at school, " student Yesenia Gutierrez told the paper.

" It's really lame. "

The story has attracted hundreds of comments so far. One commenter, who says

her children attend a different Chicago public school, writes, " I can accept

if they want to ban soda, but to tell me I can't send a lunch with my child.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? "

For parents whose kids do not qualify for free or reduced price school

lunches, the $2.25 daily cafeteria price can also tally more than a homemade

lunch. " We don't spend anywhere close to that on my son's daily intake of a

sandwich (lovingly cut into the shape of a Star Wars ship), Goldfish

crackers and milk, " Northwestern education policy professor Diane Whitmore

Schanzenbach told the paper in an email. She told The Lookout parents at her

child's public school would be upset if they tried to ban homemade lunches.

" I think that lots of parents at least at my child's school do think that

what they pack is more nutritious [than school lunches], " she said.  A

Chicago public school teacher started a blog to protest the low quality of

the city's school lunches, and last year the schools tightened their

nutrition standards for cafeteria-served school lunches. Every lunch must

contain whole grains, only reduced-fat salad dressings and mayonnaise are

offered as condiments, and the meals must feature a different vegetable each

day. Meal providers also must reduce sodium content by 5 percent annually.

About 86 percent of the district's students qualify for free or reduced

price school lunches because their families live close to the poverty line.

Change in Chicago's school cafeterias feeds into a larger effort to combat

the country's childhood obesity epidemic. About a third of America's kids

are overweight or obese, and since children consume at least 30 percent of

their calories while in school, making lunches healthier is seen as one way

to counter that problem. Poorer kids are also more likely to be obese or

overweight than middle class kids, and to consume a bigger proportion of

their calories while at school. Forty-four percent of American kids living

below the poverty line are obese or overweight, according to a 2010 study

published in Health Affairs.

While we haven't been able to track down another school that bans homemade

lunches outright, many smaller food battles have been playing out in

cafeterias across the country. As principals try to counter obesity in their

schools, healthy intentions can come across as

overreach, occasionally sparking parent and student anger.

Alabama parents protested a school's rule that barred students from bringing

any drinks from home, as ice water was provided at lunch. East Syracuse, New

York schools have outlawed cupcakes and other desserts. And schools around

the country have kicked out chocolate milk and soda vending machines. Former

Alaska Governor Palin even showed up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,

with dozens of cookies to express her disdain for a debate in the state

about recommending teachers limit the number of times per month the sugary

treats are eaten in classroom birthday celebrations.

Tucson, Arizona's Children's Success Academy allows home-packed lunches--but

only if nothing in them contains white flour, refined sugar, or other

" processed " foods, the Arizona Republic reported in a story last year. The

school has no cafeteria, so some parents told the paper they struggled to

find foods to pack that meet the restrictions. Many schools ban fast food or

other take-out meals.

Soon, cafeteria offerings across the country will all be healthier, whether

students like it or not. Last year's Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act,

championed by First Lady Obama, calls for higher nutritional

standards to serve the 32 million kids who eat lunch every day at school

(most of whom qualify for free or reduced price lunches through a federal

government program). For the first time, the USDA will set calorie limits

for school lunches, and will recommend they contain more vegetables and

whole grains, and less salt, USA Today reports. French fries should be

replaced by vegetables and fruit, the guidelines say.

The bill also calls for stricter food safety checks on cafeteria food.

(A student's lunch in Gleed, Washington: AP)

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Nope, it's real. The principal of this one particular school (saw the interview

today) has decided she knows better that you do what your child should eat.

Despite the fact that a large number of students at that school have been

seen picking up and then trashing their lovely school lunch.

T

in WY

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" You get a wonderful view from the point of no return... "

Fw: Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in

national food fight

I am stunned by this story. What the heck?? lol

Sharon

This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and

grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be

considered flaws or defects.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110411/us_yblog_thelookout/chicago-sc\

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Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight

Students who attend Chicago's Little Village Academy public school get nothing

but nutritional tough love during their lunch period each day. The students can

either eat the cafeteria food--or go hungry. Only students with allergies are

allowed to bring a homemade lunch to school, the Chicago Tribune reports.

" Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school, " principal

Elsa Carmona told the paper. " It's about ... the excellent quality food that

they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus a Coke. "

But students said they would rather bring their own lunch to school in the

time-honored tradition of the brown paper bag. " They're afraid that we'll all

bring in greasy food instead of healthy food and it won't be as good as what

they give us at school, " student Yesenia Gutierrez told the paper. " It's really

lame. "

The story has attracted hundreds of comments so far. One commenter, who says her

children attend a different Chicago public school, writes, " I can accept if they

want to ban soda, but to tell me I can't send a lunch with my child. ARE YOU

KIDDING ME???? "

For parents whose kids do not qualify for free or reduced price school lunches,

the $2.25 daily cafeteria price can also tally more than a homemade lunch. " We

don't spend anywhere close to that on my son's daily intake of a sandwich

(lovingly cut into the shape of a Star Wars ship), Goldfish crackers and milk, "

Northwestern education policy professor Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach told the

paper in an email. She told The Lookout parents at her child's public school

would be upset if they tried to ban homemade lunches.

" I think that lots of parents at least at my child's school do think that what

they pack is more nutritious [than school lunches], " she said. A Chicago public

school teacher started a blog to protest the low quality of the city's school

lunches, and last year the schools tightened their nutrition standards for

cafeteria-served school lunches. Every lunch must contain whole grains, only

reduced-fat salad dressings and mayonnaise are offered as condiments, and the

meals must feature a different vegetable each day. Meal providers also must

reduce sodium content by 5 percent annually. About 86 percent of the district's

students qualify for free or reduced price school lunches because their families

live close to the poverty line.

Change in Chicago's school cafeterias feeds into a larger effort to combat the

country's childhood obesity epidemic. About a third of America's kids are

overweight or obese, and since children consume at least 30 percent of their

calories while in school, making lunches healthier is seen as one way to counter

that problem. Poorer kids are also more likely to be obese or overweight than

middle class kids, and to consume a bigger proportion of their calories while at

school. Forty-four percent of American kids living below the poverty line are

obese or overweight, according to a 2010 study published in Health Affairs.

While we haven't been able to track down another school that bans homemade

lunches outright, many smaller food battles have been playing out in cafeterias

across the country. As principals try to counter obesity in their schools,

healthy intentions can come across as overreach, occasionally sparking parent

and student anger.

Alabama parents protested a school's rule that barred students from bringing any

drinks from home, as ice water was provided at lunch. East Syracuse, New York

schools have outlawed cupcakes and other desserts. And schools around the

country have kicked out chocolate milk and soda vending machines. Former Alaska

Governor Palin even showed up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with dozens

of cookies to express her disdain for a debate in the state about recommending

teachers limit the number of times per month the sugary treats are eaten in

classroom birthday celebrations.

Tucson, Arizona's Children's Success Academy allows home-packed lunches--but

only if nothing in them contains white flour, refined sugar, or other

" processed " foods, the Arizona Republic reported in a story last year. The

school has no cafeteria, so some parents told the paper they struggled to find

foods to pack that meet the restrictions. Many schools ban fast food or other

take-out meals.

Soon, cafeteria offerings across the country will all be healthier, whether

students like it or not. Last year's Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, championed

by First Lady Obama, calls for higher nutritional standards to serve

the 32 million kids who eat lunch every day at school (most of whom qualify for

free or reduced price lunches through a federal government program). For the

first time, the USDA will set calorie limits for school lunches, and will

recommend they contain more vegetables and whole grains, and less salt, USA

Today reports. French fries should be replaced by vegetables and fruit, the

guidelines say.

The bill also calls for stricter food safety checks on cafeteria food.

(A student's lunch in Gleed, Washington: AP)

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Thank G-D Robbin is homeschooled!

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-- Fw: Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fightI am stunned by this story. What the heck?? lol SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects.http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110411/us_yblog_thelookout/chicago-school-bans-homemade-lunches-the-latest-in-national-food-fightChicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fightStudents who attend Chicago's Little Village Academy public school get nothing but nutritional tough love during their lunch period each day. The students can either eat the cafeteria food--or go hungry. Only students with allergies are allowed to bring a homemade lunch to school, the Chicago Tribune reports."Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school," principal Elsa Carmona told the paper. "It's about ... the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus a Coke."But students said they would rather bring their own lunch to school in the time-honored tradition of the brown paper bag. "They're afraid that we'll all bring in greasy food instead of healthy food and it won't be as good as what they give us at school," student Yesenia Gutierrez told the paper. "It's really lame."The story has attracted hundreds of comments so far. One commenter, who says her children attend a different Chicago public school, writes, "I can accept if they want to ban soda, but to tell me I can't send a lunch with my child. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????"For parents whose kids do not qualify for free or reduced price school lunches, the $2.25 daily cafeteria price can also tally more than a homemade lunch. "We don't spend anywhere close to that on my son's daily intake of a sandwich (lovingly cut into the shape of a Star Wars ship), Goldfish crackers and milk," Northwestern education policy professor Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach told the paper in an email. She told The Lookout parents at her child's public school would be upset if they tried to ban homemade lunches."I think that lots of parents at least at my child's school do think that what they pack is more nutritious [than school lunches]," she said. A Chicago public school teacher started a blog to protest the low quality of the city's school lunches, and last year the schools tightened their nutrition standards for cafeteria-served school lunches. Every lunch must contain whole grains, only reduced-fat salad dressings and mayonnaise are offered as condiments, and the meals must feature a different vegetable each day. Meal providers also must reduce sodium content by 5 percent annually. About 86 percent of the district's students qualify for free or reduced price school lunches because their families live close to the poverty line.Change in Chicago's school cafeterias feeds into a larger effort to combat the country's childhood obesity epidemic. About a third of America's kids are overweight or obese, and since children consume at least 30 percent of their calories while in school, making lunches healthier is seen as one way to counter that problem. Poorer kids are also more likely to be obese or overweight than middle class kids, and to consume a bigger proportion of their calories while at school. Forty-four percent of American kids living below the poverty line are obese or overweight, according to a 2010 study published in Health Affairs.While we haven't been able to track down another school that bans homemade lunches outright, many smaller food battles have been playing out in cafeterias across the country. As principals try to counter obesity in their schools, healthy intentions can come across as overreach, occasionally sparking parent and student anger.Alabama parents protested a school's rule that barred students from bringing any drinks from home, as ice water was provided at lunch. East Syracuse, New York schools have outlawed cupcakes and other desserts. And schools around the country have kicked out chocolate milk and soda vending machines. Former Alaska Governor Palin even showed up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with dozens of cookies to express her disdain for a debate in the state about recommending teachers limit the number of times per month the sugary treats are eaten in classroom birthday celebrations.Tucson, Arizona's Children's Success Academy allows home-packed lunches--but only if nothing in them contains white flour, refined sugar, or other "processed" foods, the Arizona Republic reported in a story last year. The school has no cafeteria, so some parents told the paper they struggled to find foods to pack that meet the restrictions. Many schools ban fast food or other take-out meals.Soon, cafeteria offerings across the country will all be healthier, whether students like it or not. Last year's Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, championed by First Lady Obama, calls for higher nutritional standards to serve the 32 million kids who eat lunch every day at school (most of whom qualify for free or reduced price lunches through a federal government program). For the first time, the USDA will set calorie limits for school lunches, and will recommend they contain more vegetables and whole grains, and less salt, USA Today reports. French fries should be replaced by vegetables and fruit, the guidelines say.The bill also calls for stricter food safety checks on cafeteria food.(A student's lunch in Gleed, Washington: AP)

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I agree with you! I don't care what "wonderful" reason they have for this-- it is wrong. Parents are losing more and more rights in this country and it's not right. My opinion! SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Mon, April 11, 2011 3:09:59 PMSubject: RE: Fw: Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight

Saw that story on the news earlier today. How, pray tell, is the schooldistrict going to deal with (a) religious requirements - Orthodox or Muslimfasting, for instance, or kosher? ( physical requirements like allergies, celiac disease, etc? © family choices like veganism, The Cave Man Diet, etc? I'm 100% behind banning soda pop, etc, from schools - we didn't havevending machines, etc, when we were kids and we lived!!! - but some idjjitin an office doesn't get to tell me what to feed my kids. Hope the poophits the fan up there.Reactionary-ing again ;-) in WYPractical Blackwork Designshttp://practicalblackwork.comhttp://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com "You get a wonderful view

from the point of no return..." Fw: Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest innational food fight I am stunned by this story. What the heck?? lol SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spellingand grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are tobe considered flaws or defects. http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110411/us_yblog_thelookout/chicago-school-bans-homemade-lunches-the-latest-in-national-food-fightChicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fightStudents who attend Chicago's Little Village Academy public school getnothing but nutritional tough love during their lunch period each day. Thestudents can either eat the cafeteria food--or go hungry. Only students withallergies are allowed to bring a homemade lunch to school, the ChicagoTribune reports."Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school,"principal Elsa Carmona told the paper. "It's about ... the excellent qualityfood that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus aCoke."But students said they would rather bring their own lunch to school in

thetime-honored tradition of the brown paper bag. "They're afraid that we'llall bring in greasy food instead of healthy food and it won't be as good aswhat they give us at school," student Yesenia Gutierrez told the paper."It's really lame."The story has attracted hundreds of comments so far. One commenter, who saysher children attend a different Chicago public school, writes, "I can acceptif they want to ban soda, but to tell me I can't send a lunch with my child.ARE YOU KIDDING ME????"For parents whose kids do not qualify for free or reduced price schoollunches, the $2.25 daily cafeteria price can also tally more than a homemadelunch. "We don't spend anywhere close to that on my son's daily intake of asandwich (lovingly cut into the shape of a Star Wars ship), Goldfishcrackers and milk," Northwestern education policy professor Diane WhitmoreSchanzenbach told the paper in an email. She told

The Lookout parents at herchild's public school would be upset if they tried to ban homemade lunches."I think that lots of parents at least at my child's school do think thatwhat they pack is more nutritious [than school lunches]," she said. AChicago public school teacher started a blog to protest the low quality ofthe city's school lunches, and last year the schools tightened theirnutrition standards for cafeteria-served school lunches. Every lunch mustcontain whole grains, only reduced-fat salad dressings and mayonnaise areoffered as condiments, and the meals must feature a different vegetable eachday. Meal providers also must reduce sodium content by 5 percent annually.About 86 percent of the district's students qualify for free or reducedprice school lunches because their families live close to the poverty line.Change in Chicago's school cafeterias feeds into a larger effort to

combatthe country's childhood obesity epidemic. About a third of America's kidsare overweight or obese, and since children consume at least 30 percent oftheir calories while in school, making lunches healthier is seen as one wayto counter that problem. Poorer kids are also more likely to be obese oroverweight than middle class kids, and to consume a bigger proportion oftheir calories while at school. Forty-four percent of American kids livingbelow the poverty line are obese or overweight, according to a 2010 studypublished in Health Affairs.While we haven't been able to track down another school that bans homemadelunches outright, many smaller food battles have been playing out incafeterias across the country. As principals try to counter obesity in theirschools, healthy intentions can come across asoverreach, occasionally sparking parent and student anger.Alabama parents protested a

school's rule that barred students from bringingany drinks from home, as ice water was provided at lunch. East Syracuse, NewYork schools have outlawed cupcakes and other desserts. And schools aroundthe country have kicked out chocolate milk and soda vending machines. FormerAlaska Governor Palin even showed up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,with dozens of cookies to express her disdain for a debate in the stateabout recommending teachers limit the number of times per month the sugarytreats are eaten in classroom birthday celebrations.Tucson, Arizona's Children's Success Academy allows home-packed lunches--butonly if nothing in them contains white flour, refined sugar, or other"processed" foods, the Arizona Republic reported in a story last year. Theschool has no cafeteria, so some parents told the paper they struggled tofind foods to pack that meet the restrictions. Many schools ban

fast food orother take-out meals.Soon, cafeteria offerings across the country will all be healthier, whetherstudents like it or not. Last year's Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act,championed by First Lady Obama, calls for higher nutritionalstandards to serve the 32 million kids who eat lunch every day at school(most of whom qualify for free or reduced price lunches through a federalgovernment program). For the first time, the USDA will set calorie limitsfor school lunches, and will recommend they contain more vegetables andwhole grains, and less salt, USA Today reports. French fries should bereplaced by vegetables and fruit, the guidelines say.The bill also calls for stricter food safety checks on cafeteria food.(A student's lunch in Gleed, Washington: AP)------------------------------------