re: #617 NJDhockeyfan

It’s a ridiculous idea to think kids are going to eat tofu and black bean salads for lunch. All of it is just going to end up in the trash can and those kids are going to be starving when they get home.

What’s ridiculous is that a small town teacher pens a script and directs some students protesting over how her school is implementing the nutritional guidelines, and a local GOP politician and a U.S. Rep Steve King promote it into some ridiculous national political outrageous outrage, name dropping in Michelle Obama, the entire Right’s apparent nemesis, as a finishing touch.

mcclatchydc.com

State education and nutrition officials say portion sizes at most districts haven’t changed. Students in Wichita, for instance, can get more food at lunch this year because there’s a wider array of options, a la carte items and nearly unlimited servings of fruits and vegetables.

Pockets of protest seem to be coming from districts that once ignored calorie maximums, said Cheryl Johnson, director of child nutrition and wellness for the Kansas Department of Education.

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The new guidelines — the first major overhaul of school meals in 15 years — also require cafeterias to serve less fat and sodium and more fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Linda O’Connor, an English teacher at Wallace County High School, penned the “We Are Hungry” parody after a colleague, Brenda Kirkham, posted a photo of her school lunch on Facebook and sparked dozens of outraged comments.

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Vicki Hoffman, director of nutrition services for Wichita schools, said reaction to the new lunches so far has been mostly positive.

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Sam Eckels, a sophomore at Northeast Magnet High School in Wichita, said his school lunch portions — one recent day it was steak fingers, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas and applesauce — are adequate. But he packs fruit snacks and a sports drink to keep him going through after-school basketball conditioning at East High.

“The lunches are pretty good,” he said last week. “I don’t see any difference from last year.”

Steak fingers, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas and applesauce, otherwise known as tofu in the RW blogosphere.