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At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago's West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.
Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.
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A Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman said she could not say how many schools prohibit packed lunches and that decision is left to the judgment of the principals.
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Any school that bans homemade lunches also puts more money in the pockets of the district's food provider, Chartwells-Thompson. The federal government pays the district for each free or reduced-price lunch taken, and the caterer receives a set fee from the district per lunch.
At Little Village, most students must take the meals served in the cafeteria or go hungry or both. During a recent visit to the school, dozens of students took the lunch but threw most of it in the garbage uneaten.
Okay, I can't get behind this. Unless we're talking about like, 5 public schools in the country who are known to take a different stance, the vast majority of school lunches, or just about any cafeteria lunch, is absolutely GARBAGE.
Worse than McDonalds. Worse than Taco Bell, if that's even possible.
Wow. Considering the nutritional quality of school lunches (poor) and the taste of the food (worse), I can't imagine why the parents of these students would put up with this policy. I know I wouldn't. Better that they educate the children on healthy eating from the beginning, and show why one choice is better or worse than another, and how some foods are "sometimes" foods and not for every day.
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