tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post4220053501441818057..comments2024-03-28T06:53:24.022-05:00Comments on a blog about school: When will Iowa City give its schoolchildren a decent lunch?Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12919030671050831251noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-45999934015551672162012-11-11T17:28:18.009-06:002012-11-11T17:28:18.009-06:00sarah dimple -- Thanks for commenting! We send co...sarah dimple -- Thanks for commenting! We send cold lunches, too, because we don't like the district's offerings. But a cold lunch that's been sitting at room temperature for three hours isn't so appetizing, either. I doubt any of us would put up with these options for long if we were the ones who had to eat them every day.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-79860642703891292692012-11-06T00:19:10.969-06:002012-11-06T00:19:10.969-06:00i wish more people like me will raise their voice ...i wish more people like me will raise their voice for decent and more alternate options for vegetarian families. i know there are many families which are suffering with this issue but they don't know what to do. i myself tried to contact the food service about the issue but got no response from them. in whole month there are hardly few days when my kids can have hot lunch at school and i have to send a cold lunch every busy morning. i am very surprise on that, what kind of equality is that. there is meet for main and for alternate choice. I strongly demand from school district to consider this as a serious issue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993541379739461553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-842316967394671502012-01-12T20:08:08.628-06:002012-01-12T20:08:08.628-06:00Local blogger Mariaconz chimes in here.Local blogger Mariaconz chimes in <a href="http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=d884e4f565084bbc8bd4b1f012eb2f0b&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=d884e4f565084bbc8bd4b1f012eb2f0b&plckPostId=Blog%3ad884e4f565084bbc8bd4b1f012eb2f0bPost%3ace5425e9-9bde-41fb-98cf-7e990b69177a&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-21437257817166728572012-01-11T08:44:29.312-06:002012-01-11T08:44:29.312-06:00Timmi -- Thanks for commenting! I write that post...Timmi -- Thanks for commenting! I write that post over at the Lunch Tray. The Board itself did not address the lunch period issue, but concerned parents did meet with the superintendent about it, and the <a href="http://ablogaboutschool.blogspot.com/2011/02/update-on-fifteen-minute-lunch.html" rel="nofollow">response </a>was certainly underwhelming.<br /><br />Carrie -- Agreed! Here are clickable links to your <a href="http://fedupwithlunch.com/2012/01/guest-blog-berkeley-schools-a-sustainable-food-model/" rel="nofollow">guest post</a> and your <a href="http://kidseatingright.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-78870560425217324952012-01-07T08:04:18.574-06:002012-01-07T08:04:18.574-06:00It is sad when schools today value test scores ove...It is sad when schools today value test scores over health, a growing national concern. Maybe your school qualifies for federal funding for nutrition grants, it is worth exploring. I currently have a guest post at fedupwithlunch.com about the food programs in the Berkeley Unified School District where I work as a cooking educator. <br />Good Luck!<br />Carrie <br />www.kidseatingright.wordpress.comcarriehttp://kidseatingright.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-61702607449523980292012-01-06T13:56:50.405-06:002012-01-06T13:56:50.405-06:00I believe something was posted on The Lunch Tray a...I believe something was posted on The Lunch Tray about this and how the parents got the school board together about at least the time offered. The school board voted against increasing the time to eat because we have to cram more time for taking assessment tests because of the "no child left behind" act. That's awfulTimmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01691213888508341713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-57595671376432427252012-01-05T22:57:23.291-06:002012-01-05T22:57:23.291-06:00KD – I would love to hear what, if anything, the s...KD – I would love to hear what, if anything, the school board is doing about the school lunch issue. It really is a great case study of how our educational system works (or doesn’t): it’s as if you have to move Heaven and Earth to simply add ten more minutes to the lunch period or to stop offering tortilla chips with cheese sauce as an entree. If little changes like those are nearly impossible, it’s hard to have much hope that the kids’ interests will ever drive school policy.<br /><br />Doris – Ay yi yi. (Here’s the <a href="http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20120105/NEWS01/301050018/got-milk-shakes-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage" rel="nofollow">clickable link</a>.) Seriously, how hard would it be to have a rule against commercially sponsored “educational programs”?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-76234544932449712062012-01-05T13:47:52.863-06:002012-01-05T13:47:52.863-06:00And what do we find today in the IC Press-Citizen ...And what do we find today in the IC Press-Citizen but a story on how students at one local elementary school were offered milk shakes (with fruit mixed in) as part of a "healthy eating" program (funded--surprise, surprise--by the Midwest Dairy Association).<br /><br />I recall something similar happening with the "Pick a Better Snack" program. One of my kids came home with instructions for how to turn a banana into a "better snack"--by coating it with (fake) chocolate chips.<br /><br />http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20120105/NEWS01/301050018/got-milk-shakes-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FrontpageDorisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-61479054705419211442012-01-04T10:53:02.702-06:002012-01-04T10:53:02.702-06:00This would be a perfect issue for the school board...This would be a perfect issue for the school board members to get involved to gather more information, and see what could be done to improve matters. If no action will be taken, what was the point of the survey?<br /><br />I wonder if every school has a kitchen large enough to prepare meals on site...I'm not sure about ours.<br /><br />Some of the lunches seem okay...at least from what I see on the menu, othes not so much. I'm still wondering what a teriyaki beef dipper might look or taste like.<br /><br />I have paid much attention to the new school board, but i'm assuming they have taken no action on the shortness of the school lunch period.KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883213697051461818noreply@blogger.com