Chicago public school bans homemade lunches

[sailingaway]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110411/us_yblog_thelookout/chicago-school-bans-homemade-lunches-the-latest-in-national-food-fight

and just take a look at what they prefer peoples kids eat:

http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/04/AP100930089436.jpg

I find the dog kibble in the lower left compartment particularly troubling.....

[eduardo89]

This is ridiculous.

[HOLLYWOOD]

SO the question is... Does the Chicago school system make money off of the students/parents?

YES INDEED... this is meant, student/parents are forced to buy the governments lunch @ $2.25 each. And if they don't, then they go hungry... aka NO NUTRITION at all. Oh I can see it now if parents don't pay... "Negligent Parent(s) arrested for starvation abuse for not providing $2.25 a day cost of their child's lunch.

Makes perfect sense government morons. :rolleyes:

PS: You know the school is making money off these kids and parents for lunch meals

[Anti Federalist]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110411/us_yblog_thelookout/chicago-school-bans-homemade-lunches-the-latest-in-national-food-fight

and just take a look at what they prefer peoples kids eat:

http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/04/AP100930089436.jpg

I find the dog kibble in the lower left compartment particularly troublesome.....

What's the problem here?

"It's rich in bunly goodness" and a container of Malk with Vitamin R

[emazur]

"Dirty, contaminated beef fed to children through school lunch programs"
http://www.naturalnews.com/028905_school_lunch_beef.html


The USDA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a shocking report (http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/246...) about the condition of the nation's industrial meat supply. It turns out that a lot of the U.S. meat supply is tainted with veterinary drugs, pesticides and heavy metals.

[Anti Federalist]

In all seriousness, honestly, what do you expect?

Public schools are prison training grounds.

Convicts don't have mommy making lunch for them.

Florida state prison food:

http://www2.orlandoweekly.com/blog/images/JailFood3.jpg

[Dr.3D]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110411/us_yblog_thelookout/chicago-school-bans-homemade-lunches-the-latest-in-national-food-fight

and just take a look at what they prefer peoples kids eat:

http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/04/AP100930089436.jpg

I find the dog kibble in the lower left compartment particularly troublesome.....

Ermmm... is that a fork or a spoon there on the left? Maybe the student can take that home to complement their silverware stock. Should help make that mess cost something close to $2.25.

[stefank]

you can tell that milk is loaded with food coloring and high fructose corn syrup

[Kludge]

In all seriousness, honestly, what do you expect?

Public schools are prison training grounds.

Convicts don't have mommy making lunch for them.

Florida state prison food:

http://www2.orlandoweekly.com/blog/images/JailFood3.jpg
An NC jail I visited offered up way nicer choices than the public school I attended. They had awesome ramen flavors like Cajun Chicken.

[Anti Federalist]

An NC jail I visited offered up way nicer choices than the public school I attended. They had awesome ramen flavors like Cajun Chicken.

And why were you "visiting" a North Carolina jail?

LoL

[Dr.3D]

In all seriousness, honestly, what do you expect?

Public schools are prison training grounds.

Convicts don't have mommy making lunch for them.

Florida state prison food:

http://www2.orlandoweekly.com/blog/images/JailFood3.jpg

Are those bubbles caused by fermentation?

[Anti Federalist]

And if you want your child to eat whole grain breads, and non hormone enhanced meats and dairy products or non GMO veggies, well, you're shit outta luck I guess.

[Romulus]

you can tell that milk is loaded with food coloring and high fructose corn syrup

45grams of sugar right there... probably more than a soda.

[Theocrat]

Isn't that rich? The school is funded by families via their property taxes, but the school can tell parents they aren't allowed to send a lunch with their kids?! What the ____ is going on in our country with these public schools?! :mad:

And what happens if a parent brings a lunch which is more nutritious than what the school serves?

[Anti Federalist]

Are those bubbles caused by fermentation?

Microwave steaminess....Ahhhhhhhhhh

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll147/adawofl/drooling_homer-712749.png

[Pericles]

Was that supposed to be a picture of food? Even the Army fed better than that.

Seriously, reason number 1286 not to send your kids to public school - a hard core no freedom zone to be avoided as long as under enemy occupation.

[Dr.3D]

And if you want your child to eat whole grain breads, and non hormone enhanced meats and dairy products or non GMO veggies, well, you're shit outta luck I guess.

Hush Mundane, the government is here to help us. (out of our money and liberties)

[Dr.3D]

Isn't that rich? The school is funded by families via their property taxes, but the school can tell parents they aren't allowed to send a lunch with their kids?! What the ____ is going on in our country with these public schools?! :mad:

And what happens if a parent brings a lunch which is more nutritious than what the school serves?

That would obviously interfere with the school lunch program and cost the district a lot of money. They have to have everybody buying that stuff to make it affordable. (Sounds like that new health care program doesn't it?)

[Anti Federalist]

Hush Mundane, the government is here to help us. (out of our money and liberties)

Gah, what was I thinking...CrimeThink, CrimeThink, CrimeThink!!!

[Dr.3D]

Gah, what was I thinking...CrimeThink, CrimeThink, CrimeThink!!!

Can't have them accusing you of thinking can we?
(can't be scabbing on the government ya know)

[Anti Federalist]

Can't have them accusing you of thinking can we?

All kidding aside, that's what's so bad about this...nobody will give a shit, they'll just mindlessly comply.

[Dr.3D]

All kidding aside, that's what's so bad about this...nobody will give a shit, they'll just mindlessly comply.

Well, it sounds like you need a few more glasses of fluoride laced water every day. Don't worry though, now that health care is government controlled, they will soon mandate a few more glasses of that water for everybody.

[Grubb556]

Those portions seem kinda small for growing kids don't you think?

[ItsTime]

I would pull my kid from the school and homeschool.

[Anti Federalist]

Do You Want To Throw Up?

Posted by David Kramer on April 11, 2011 03:46 PM

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/85279.html

Here’s the latest in our continuing downslide towards an Orwellian/Huxleyan/Levinesque dystopian One World Government. A Chicago public school has banned the slaves students from bringing their lunches from home. The reason? The school insists on the students eating the government-approved “healthier” lunch provided by the school.

Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices. “Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school,” Carmona said. “It’s about the nutrition and the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It’s milk versus a Coke. But with allergies and any medical issue, of course, we would make an exception.”

I haven’t had a school hot lunch in over 45 years. I can tell you that the garbage that they served me could literally make me throw up. (As an example, I still remember the nauseating bread with jelly and the nauseating vegetable soup they served.) This bologna (pun intended) going on at this Chicago public school is just another example of how the State wants to have total control over children (i.e., overruling parents) so that they can be molded to eventually become good little microchipped slaves for the One World Government folks.

[Thanks to the LRC readers who sent me this story]

[Kludge]

Those portions seem kinda small for growing kids don't you think?

It's all carbs, so at least they won't look like they aren't eating enough.

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Sadly, if they are allowed to do this with nobody standing up and fighting back (and they will not) than you can expect to see other schools and school districts picking up this insanity and running with it. I would not be shocked to see a bill before Congress legislating this in the near future.

[TNforPaul45]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110411/us_yblog_thelookout/chicago-school-bans-homemade-lunches-the-latest-in-national-food-fight

and just take a look at what they prefer peoples kids eat:

http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/04/AP100930089436.jpg

I find the dog kibble in the lower left compartment particularly troublesome.....

All I see on that plate is Carbs, Starches, and Sugars. Obesity Epidemic?

[Romulus]

That cheese only looks a few months old, room temp with no mold. They probably buy it from mc d's.

[sailingaway]

That cheese only looks a few months old, room temp with no mold. They probably buy it from mc d's.

Cheese-food. I don't think it rots. Why that is, is worth pondering.

[specsaregood]

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[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/04/AP100930089436.jpg

Carrot sticks, cheese, strawberry milk, tater tots with BBQ sauce(?), a hot dog bun with something that isn't a hot dog inside of it (looks kind of like turkey) and.....?

What's that stuff in the top-center of the tray?

[awake]

The state wants to rip your children from you at birth and raise them in its image - from birth to death. The logic is literally that you are too stupid to do anything right , let alone raising a child.

Your kids are the state's property.

[Philhelm]

Isn't that rich? The school is funded by families via their property taxes, but the school can tell parents they aren't allowed to send a lunch with their kids?! What the ____ is going on in our country with these public schools?! :mad:

And what happens if a parent brings a lunch which is more nutritious than what the school serves?
That would obviously interfere with the school lunch program and cost the district a lot of money. They have to have everybody buying that stuff to make it affordable. (Sounds like that new health care program doesn't it?)

Sounds like economic terrorism to me.

[Kludge]

That cheese only looks a few months old, room temp with no mold. They probably buy it from mc d's.
I've seen a few articles noting food from sources as Jack in the Box and McD's is way cleaner than school food. The meat quality from fast food joints is superior, too.

[Anti Federalist]

That cheese only looks a few months old, room temp with no mold. They probably buy it from mc d's.

Way off topic...+rep for that "tag line": Too Many Puppies!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2zQKqgNAeE

Carry on.

[Anti Federalist]

You do realize that many school lunches are actually prepared by prisoners now, yes? It's part of the prison industrial complex, cheaper prison wages make cheaper school lunches.

No, I did not know that.

I know they are making weapons systems.

Jesus, it doesn't surprise me in the least however.

Link or story?

[specsaregood]

What's that stuff in the top-center of the tray?

canned pears

[Anti Federalist]

What's that stuff in the top-center of the tray?

It's either raw codfish or sliced pears.

[Anti Federalist]

All kidding aside, that's what's so bad about this...nobody will give a shit, they'll just mindlessly comply.

Oh, never mind, they already are:



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

[specsaregood]

No, I did not know that.
I know they are making weapons systems.
Jesus, it doesn't surprise me in the least however.
Link or story?

well damn, I swear i read an expose' about it a few years ago, but I'll be damned if I can dig one up now. I'll take it back for now.

[Anti Federalist]

well damn, I swear i read an expose' about it a few years ago, but I'll be damned if I can dig one up now. I'll take it back for now.

Down the memory hole most likely.

Again, I'm not surprised at all.

[squarepusher]

7,000 Clinical Studies Concur - This Meat is a Clear Invitation to Cancer... (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/04/11/when-are-hotdogs-better-for-you-than-chicken.aspx)

(processed meats which I am sure Chicago School district has plenty of.)

This is without a question all due to contracts from school meal suppliers, ie corporate/chrony capitalism

[devil21]

All about the money. School lunches are like jail food. They cost a fraction of what they charge for them. Chicago wants to make BANK off the fact that the lunch in the picture probably costs less than a dollar, but charge $2.25 for it. Quite a markup! What's that.....125% profit? Government services are NOT "for profit enterprises" or at least they shouldn't be.

[Kludge]

All about the money. School lunches are like jail food. They cost a fraction of what they charge for them. Chicago wants to make BANK off the fact that the lunch in the picture probably costs less than a dollar, but charge $2.25 for it. Quite a markup! What's that.....125% profit? Government services are NOT "for profit enterprises" or at least they shouldn't be.
Considering the lunch workers are probably unionized, and it's gov't-run otherwise... they're probably operating at a loss.

[Romulus]

I've seen a few articles noting food from sources as Jack in the Box and McD's is way cleaner than school food. The meat quality from fast food joints is superior, too.

My neighbor has a 6 yr old McD hamburger - looks like it was ordered yesterday.


All about the money. School lunches are like jail food. They cost a fraction of what they charge for them. Chicago wants to make BANK off the fact that the lunch in the picture probably costs less than a dollar, but charge $2.25 for it. Quite a markup! What's that.....125% profit? Government services are NOT "for profit enterprises" or at least they shouldn't be.

They don't make money... on the "official" books at least.

[TheBlackPeterSchiff]

Unbelievable.

[HOLLYWOOD]

Com'on get with the Union and .GOV Program... It creates JOBS!

[angelatc]

It's Chicago. All those kids qualify for federal free lunches, and the school administrator probably gets a kickback for every lunch sold.

[White Bear Lake]

I need to thank my parents everyday for being able to send me to Catholic grade school and high school.

[fisharmor]

That cheese only looks a few months old, room temp with no mold. They probably buy it from mc d's.

I remember the cheese best of all.
Particularly how you can ball it up and bounce it on the table. No shit.
My love affair with cheese certainly didn't come about thanks to the state.
Personally, my kids are growing up knowing that if it can't mold and still be good (or better), it has to have a rind.

[BamaAla]

And why were you "visiting" a North Carolina jail?

LoL

Probably the same reason I "visited" a few jails in Alabama;)

What a joke the public school system is. I know that everyone isn't in a position to send their child(ren) to private schools or to homeschool, but please consider these things when planning a family.

[devil21]

They don't make money... on the "official" books at least.

I can't remember what it was but I remember seeing some documentary about school cafeterias and it was revealed that the people that work there pocket money (profit) in the process of serving lunches. Wish I could remember what it was! Anybody know? It went into the cost and quality and wondered where the money was going?

[Marenco]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ogCc8ObiwQ

[Son of Detroit]

I'm glad I'm able to attend one of the good public school systems, and not a hell hole like this.

[Diurdi]

How can kids who eat that crap stay focused after the initial bloodsugar rush wears off? Unless ofcourse the whole point is to make the kids into drowsy zombies "to keep the class calm".

I'm not an advocate of gov. involvement in education or anything, but in Finland they somehow managed to offer "free" school lunch with a bill to the taxpayer of under 2€ per meal (including wages of cooking staff). It wasn't filled with sugar and focused on vedgetables so as kids we didn't really like it, but it sure kept you awake and was rather healthy.
http://www.yrityskuvalehti.fi/kouluruokakilpailu/kouluruoka_broilerinuudelivuoka.jpg

[sailingaway]

How can kids who eat that crap stay focused after the initial bloodsugar rush wears off? Unless ofcourse the whole point is to make the kids into drowsy zombies "to keep the class calm".

I'm not an advocate of gov. involvement in education or anything, but in Finland they somehow managed to offer "free" school lunch with a bill to the taxpayer of under 2€ per meal (including wages of cooking staff). It wasn't filled with sugar and focused on vedgetables so as kids we didn't really like it, but it sure kept you awake and was rather healthy.
http://www.yrityskuvalehti.fi/kouluruokakilpailu/kouluruoka_broilerinuudelivuoka.jpg

Nevermind the FOOD, in Finland they have actual plates?

And no, your menu would take thought. but they still shouldn't keep replacing the family, pushing family reliance out of the picture is the wrong way to go, period.

[LibertyRevolution]

This is because of the kids with peanut allergies... I been seeing this coming for a long time now.
Got to save the children.

[LibertyEagle]

The state wants to rip your children from you at birth and raise them in its image - from birth to death. The logic is literally that you are too stupid to do anything right , let alone raising a child.

Your kids are the state's property.

Yes, that is what it seems like.

If people will stand for this, they will stand anything.

[Vessol]

Heh. I remember years back when I was in High School in NC. It was "healthy" food. Chicken three times a week; gristly gray chicken "filet" sandwiches, fried chicken which had more bone and skin than meat, and chicken "nuggets" that were burnt to a crisp. And to go with it? French fries every day, nasty ass ones that were limp and soggy. The only alternative was a wilted salad with watery ranch dressing. And then you were locked in that room for 25 minutes while teachers guarded the exits. I literally would've dropped out if I wasn't able to make my own sammiches and stuff to bring in, I ate that stuff for a month and it made me even more depressed and nauseous.

[MelissaWV]

This is because of the kids with peanut allergies... I been seeing this coming for a long time now.
Got to save the children.

Yep. You can't bring in cupcakes or cake to celebrate your child's birthday in many places, either, or candy for specific holidays, etc..

I understand how rough it can be to parent an allergic child, but that's the point at which you get together with the teacher and parents and talk about the allergy.

How ironic that's the rationale, too! There are a lot of people whose stomachs cannot deal with HFCS or some dyes or other random preservatives. There are certainly children who would benefit from a gluten-free diet. Lactose-intolerant people abound. Why are none of their allergies taken into consideration here? Why can't they bring in their own non-deadly lunches from home?

I would have continued to bring my own lunch, sorry. I refuse to eat trash now, and I wouldn't expect anyone else to be a captive audience for that nastiness.

[Fox McCloud]

This sounds more like a short-term idea to incite rage which will, in turn, generate support for a broader (and end-goal) program.

Parents will probably get angry about this, which will generate a backlash against paying for the meals...in turn, the school could very well use it as a point to make the argument "well, if you vote for the free lunches program, then we'll allow home-made lunches to be used again"....the levy passes, kids get "free" lunches, and home-packed lunches, while now legal again, are rarely used since mom/dad has to pack the lunch and buy it themselves at the store....why bother, now that said lunch, at school, is "free" and there's no preparation time.

[heavenlyboy34]

This sounds more like a short-term idea to incite rage which will, in turn, generate support for a broader (and end-goal) program.

Parents will probably get angry about this, which will generate a backlash against paying for the meals...in turn, the school could very well use it as a point to make the argument "well, if you vote for the free lunches program, then we'll allow home-made lunches to be used again"....the levy passes, kids get "free" lunches, and home-packed lunches, while now legal again, are rarely used since mom/dad has to pack the lunch and buy it themselves at the store....why bother, now that said lunch, at school, is "free" and there's no preparation time.

Something tells me that government officials aren't quite that smart, but you never know....

[toowm]

My kids are homeschooled, and they have been on their own for breakfast and lunch for several years now. We keep plenty of staples available, with few processed foods, and they can cook. Several outcomes are very different from the government schools:
- They take responsibility for their own health
- They don't always follow a time schedule, but sometimes "graze" several times through the day
- Their caloric input is very different over the course of months, as they hit growth spurts
- They cooperate on cooking/cleaning
- We allow sweets - they do love ice cream!
- We try to avoid corn syrup and the food pyramid in general. I am sure they eat more protein and fat but less carbs than the RDA
- They are very fit and have never had any weight problems

[Legend1104]

Good. I am glad they banned those homemade meals. As a kid, I always hated when those rich kids brought the pizza lunchables.

[Son of Detroit]

As a high school athlete, this would be so detrimental if I had to eat that garbage you call a lunch in the first picture. If I have a game that day, I'm going to need more than a couple tater tots and that flimsy sandwich to give me energy.

[Anti Federalist]

Here's the clip I was looking for:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sDI2_FHqdg&NR=1

[sailingaway]

Rasmussen, believe it or not, included this in one of their polls, and 92% were against the rule banning homemade lunches.

[moostraks]

This sounds more like a short-term idea to incite rage which will, in turn, generate support for a broader (and end-goal) program.

Parents will probably get angry about this, which will generate a backlash against paying for the meals...in turn, the school could very well use it as a point to make the argument "well, if you vote for the free lunches program, then we'll allow home-made lunches to be used again"....the levy passes, kids get "free" lunches, and home-packed lunches, while now legal again, are rarely used since mom/dad has to pack the lunch and buy it themselves at the store....why bother, now that said lunch, at school, is "free" and there's no preparation time.

AF pointed out in the article where the school states this is a "years old" policy. So it would seem that some unsuspecting parent enrolled their progeny and blew the whistle. Either that or the state is venting because it now wants to implement this policy country wide and they will say you were warned but the time for complaining is over.

NPR ran a story last fall as to how school food programs are losing money due to all the extras involved in overhead and the new demands of "healthy" food. My money is on the fact they must have 100% compliance with purchasing school lunches to make it cost effective to produce any lunches and so this program is going to gather steam once the initial shock wears off. They will wrap this into the health care program and tie school funding to it. Frog in a slow boiling pot of water...

[LibertyRevolution]

Its coming...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fROEjr_l69M

[Anti Federalist]

Good point.

And the noose tightens yet another notch.


AF pointed out in the article where the school states this is a "years old" policy. So it would seem that some unsuspecting parent enrolled their progeny and blew the whistle. Either that or the state is venting because it now wants to implement this policy country wide and they will say you were warned but the time for complaining is over.

NPR ran a story last fall as to how school food programs are losing money due to all the extras involved in overhead and the new demands of "healthy" food. My money is on the fact they must have 100% compliance with purchasing school lunches to make it cost effective to produce any lunches and so this program is going to gather steam once the initial shock wears off. They will wrap this into the health care program and tie school funding to it. Frog in a slow boiling pot of water...

[VBRonPaulFan]

Yeah, if I lived there i'd let them know that my taxes pay to run the school so they basically take orders from me, not the other way around. And if some school administrator is going to tell me that I can't feed my own kid, they can go fuck themselves. Under what authority do they think they have where they can tell parents how to feed their kids? get the hell outta here.

[moostraks]

Yeah, if I lived there i'd let them know that my taxes pay to run the school so they basically take orders from me, not the other way around. And if some school administrator is going to tell me that I can't feed my own kid, they can go fuck themselves. Under what authority do they think they have where they can tell parents how to feed their kids? get the hell outta here.

They make you sign agreements to comply with the rules set forth by the administration. If you fail to comply they will punish/possibly suspend the child and most likely find you negligent. This would then lead to CPS intervention....