tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886646331506285902024-03-12T18:09:26.447-05:00School Lunches Suck!Showing you just exactly what's served for lunch in schools across America.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-60292538237459275472013-02-03T19:25:00.000-06:002013-02-03T19:25:25.252-06:00Pardon my Absence..UPDATE coming soon!!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Let me start by apologizing for my absence on the blog, Senior year is much busier than I originally imagined it would ever be! Between scholarships, work, homework, and everything else in between, I have neglected my blog. BUT, the subject of school lunch is still important, so I have finally decided to do a School Lunches Suck! Blog UPDATE!!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Also over the next few posts I will get updates from our guest posters, so watch for those too!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Again I am very sorry for my abrupt absence, but please WATCH OUT for the update from the School Lunches Suck! Blog!!!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-14637733869895033592012-09-25T23:13:00.000-05:002012-09-25T23:18:10.824-05:00Tuesday, September 25th, & LUNCH PRICE POLL RESULTS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What's for lunch Tuesday, September the 25th? Salami hoagie with broccoli salad.<span id="goog_410179842"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is a breakdown of what I ate for lunch on Tuesday the 25th.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 salami hoagie with cheese</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 cup cut watermelon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 cup apricots</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 can tomato juice-----------30 calories</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 cup broccoli salad</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 pint 1% low-fat milk-----100 calories</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Miracle Whip----------------15 calories</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> On any day that I don't want or like what is served for the hot entree at school, I can get a sandwich. I probably eat a sandwich two or three times a week, just because I know what I am getting and know what to expect with it. In the last couple of weeks, there have been many cucumber, broccoli, and cauliflower salads, all of which are very good. They almost taste like my grandma made them! This particular salad had cut broccoli, diced onions, crumbled bacon, white raisins and some sort of mayo based sauce. I will probably be getting this quite often, when it is available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The results from the poll, Lunch Price, which asked the question, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">"</b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">How much does a lunch in your or your child's school cost?"</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">are in!! With a total of 68 votes over 7 days, here are</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">the results. </span></div>
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5 (7%)</div>
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$ 2.75 - $ 3.25</div>
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9 (13%)</div>
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$ 2.25 - $ 2.75</div>
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39 (57%)</div>
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10 (14%)</div>
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5 (7%)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The price with the biggest number of respondents was $2.25 - $2.75, with 39 votes. Free to $1.75 and $3.25 and above have the same number of votes, 5. Do you have a suggestion for the next poll on The School Lunches Suck! Blog? If so, email me or comment below with your idea!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> If you are aware of what the High Plains Journal is, Trent Loos wrote an article in his column, <a href="http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/sep12/sep24/0919LoosTalessr.cfm">The fight against the path to starvation</a>, and he mentioned the blog in it!! How cool!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-----Thanks to the many readers, The School Lunches Suck! Blog now has <b>over 12,500 page views!!</b> Thanks to you for your support!! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Don't forget to check back often for more posts from The School Lunches Suck! Blog, and to 'share' the blog on Facebook with friends and family!!!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-27644792264852710092012-09-21T18:36:00.000-05:002012-09-25T11:24:14.186-05:00'We Are Hungry' YouTube Video!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This week, I was told of a<i> very</i> interesting YouTube video titled, 'We Are Hungry'. If you haven't seen it yet, definitely check it out below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Immediately I knew that it would be a hit. When I first viewed it, it had over 15,000 views in two days, and as I am writing this post, it is just shy of 50,000 views!! I was so interested in the video, I contacted the person who posted the YouTube video to ask a couple of questions. The video poster, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; border: 0px; color: #1c62b9; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="yt-uix-sessionlink yt-user-name author" data-sessionlink="ei=CL3zxbHnx7ICFeRbQAodQnDVnw%3D%3D" dir="ltr" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/blk5348" rel="author" style="background-color: #ebebeb; border: 0px; color: #1c62b9; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">blk5348</a>,</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> was happy to answer my questions. </span><span style="background-color: white;">I was most curious about why </span><u style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: blue;">blk5348</span></u><span style="background-color: white;"> posted the video, and how the idea was created.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #222222;">I am one of the few teachers that still occasionally eats lunch at school. Partially because I have a really short amount of time to eat, so it's just easier to eat there. I'm very active during the day and have a high metabolism and burn through a lot of calories and protein in a day. One day I went through the line and asked why we weren't getting meat. I was told the cheese that was in the breadstick accounted for the protein allotment so they weren't allowed to give us meat in the sauce. I was pretty upset, so I took a picture of my meal and posted it on Facebook with the story. The response and conversation was overwhelming."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"From there, we talked to students and parents, got it approved by the administration and the rest is history." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">-----There is still time to give your answer in The School Lunches Suck! Blogs poll: <a href="http://schoollunchessuck.blogspot.com/2012/09/poll-lunch-price.html">Lunch Price</a>, so head over there and vote today!! Did you know that you can receive The School Lunches Suck! Blog in your email inbox? Just use the 'follow' tool on the right side of the page!!</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-25223876641047714352012-09-19T18:24:00.002-05:002012-09-19T18:26:04.040-05:002nd Guest post from LUKAS!!!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lukas sent me over another guest post this week, I hope you enjoy reading it!</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> That equals up to a grand total of, </span>765 calories!<span style="font-weight: normal;"> I know that on an average practice of 45 minutes I burn 700 calories. That doesn’t include the calories I burn trying to recover, which continues to add up all day long. An teenage boy, who DOES NOT play sports is supposed to attain 3,000 calories per day. If practice is at 6:30 a.m. I burn over 1,500 by 9 o’clock! These meals are outrageous! In the next few days I will be contacting a Senate Representative and a man who writes articles in the High Plains Journal, to speak of this issue and way they could possibly help us win the battle. Until then, find a vending machine.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honestly, the majority of my school’s 2000+ students </span><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">weren't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> really very worried about it. Although we were being stripped of one of the few privileges of being upperclassmen, we were promised that we would have more lunch options and a higher quality of food coming out of our brand spankin’ new kitchen. Boy, were we in for a surprise the first day when we walked in the cafeteria and saw what they had to offer!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyday, we pretty much have three options: hamburgers, pizza, or some type of Mexican food, and don’t forget a handful of soggy, half-baked French fries. The quality of the food </span><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">isn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> exactly the greatest, but the portions are even worse. I don’t participate in sports, but I do lead an active lifestyle. By the time I get home from work, I’m STARVING. I can’t even imagine how hungry the football players, volleyball girls, or cheerleaders are after they get done with practice. When high school students are being fed the same portions as grade school students, you know that you have a problem.</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What’s on the menu today? 9/18/12</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-One Beef Enchilada</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Handful of Tortilla Chips</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Salsa</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Packaged Fruit</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Milk</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My fellow students, it’s time to speak up. If we don’t tell them that we’re unhappy, nothing will ever change. We’re the ones eating the meals, we should have a say. Let’s do something about it!</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Until next time, <i>stay full!!</i></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-38831589681803037422012-09-17T23:25:00.000-05:002012-09-17T23:25:46.530-05:00Monday, September 17th, & OBP UPDATE!!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> What's for lunch Monday, September 17th? Pepperoni hoagie with green beans. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 pepperoni hoagie with cheese</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 pint milk.................................100 calories</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 cup green beans</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 cup mixed fruit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 cup bell peppers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 juice box...................................100 calories</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Miracle Whip ..............................15 calories</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Today, a sloppy jo on a bun with french fries was offered for the hot item at lunch. I do not necessarily like sloppy jo's, so I got something from the hoagie line instead. T<b>he fresh green beans were actually pretty fresh, and much tastier than green beans out of the can</b>. These are the kind of green beans that I can definitely live with. The pepperoni hoagie, on the other hand, was something quite different. I opened up the bun to put on some Miracle Whip, and was shocked at how few pepperoni there were.<b> I counted six small slices on the sandwich. </b> With a slice of cheese too, there went my 2 daily ounces of protein. It seems a bit ridiculous to me that the USDA decided on 10-12 ounces a week for protein at lunch. What were the deciding factors on the limit anyway? Hopefully I can address that in a future post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Remember last week, when I wrote about <a href="http://schoollunchessuck.blogspot.com/2012/09/opb-operation-paper-bag.html">Operation: Paper Bag?</a> Well, Jack and a couple of other students of Allentown High school had a meeting with a few administrators from their school, and representatives of their food service provider, Chartwells. They came to an agreement, which is not yet 100% final, but a decision nonetheless that is a 'win' for the students of Allentown High. A post on the Operation: Paper Bag Facebook page updates followers on how the meeting went</span>. </div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Jack, who I talked to last week, was pleased with the results. <b>"I feel like it's a good solution, and everyone is happy with it,"</b> he told me. Keep posted on more updates from Jack and OPB!</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-9120867741558857602012-09-16T17:21:00.000-05:002012-09-16T17:26:52.484-05:00Poll: Lunch Price<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije-z373QM_rv0t7yE3E9RDmx7VOspljuaZlzQbwxVnkFvc8-B8kGXHJuu7qZfsZoshxPUStqGYR9z3PH-XIwIDxnK6XxGZlLMGtKmDBVQaEBPcvSr14sD_6xMbzzsKVNaYQpea087W4Y/s1600/dollarsign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije-z373QM_rv0t7yE3E9RDmx7VOspljuaZlzQbwxVnkFvc8-B8kGXHJuu7qZfsZoshxPUStqGYR9z3PH-XIwIDxnK6XxGZlLMGtKmDBVQaEBPcvSr14sD_6xMbzzsKVNaYQpea087W4Y/s200/dollarsign.jpg" width="141" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> For this week's poll on The School Lunches Suck! Blog, we asked the question, </span><b>"</b><b>How much does a lunch in your or your child's school cost?"</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Answer below!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the last week and half, I have been in contact with the <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Assistant Director of University Dining Services at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Pamela Edwards. I asked Pam if she could answer a couple of questions about how meals are handled at the University level, and our 15 minute conversation followed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"> </span></span>The first thing I wanted to know from Pam was about any regulation governing what the University can serve to students at meals, if there even were regulations. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">"No regulations at all, none like the high school level," she told me. </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">"We can serve whatever, whenever."</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> Pamela then explained to me that they have the freedom to determine the style of the menu, what they're serving, and that students control the portion size. There are a couple of things they have to take into consideration, though. "Budget really mandates what we serve, as well as our diverse student population," Pam said. After that, our conversation turned to the actual menu. "There is a menu committee of five people, one from each residence hall," she began, "students can go to these meetings, where they decide the menu." The menus for all five dining halls are different everyday, but the same menus overall. "The menu is a pattern that is rotated around the dining halls, pretty much the same meals, but at different times." Pam told me that about 11,000 meals are bought each day, which can range from someone going and getting orange juice to an actual meal. </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">"The food cost of a meal usually depends on the hall," Pam pointed out, "usually about $2.50 to $3.00." </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I also wanted to know how healthy choices and good eating habits were communicated to students. "Right now we are using the MyPlate campaign, and 'nutrition bytes'," Pam explained. She went into detail about he 'nutrition bytes' which are similar to nutrition facts, in that they show calories, vitamins and nutrients, and sodium content, among other things. The information they use for the nutrition bytes comes from the food they prepare, but are broken down into individual portions. I asked Pam how students make good choices on what they eat without the supervision of his or her mom or dad. "That's part of our [MyPlate] campaign, we are trying to provide information to students." </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">When I asked a recent Beatrice grad her thought on lunch at the University of Nebraska, she said, "It's awesome. <b>There are so many choices, and you can get whatever you want.</b> There are nutrition facts for everything, too." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">There are several other ways that students can find help as well. Students can talk with many of the people in the dining services at UNL if they have questions or need help with their diet. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Before I told Pam thank-you and goodbye, I had one final question. </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Is the Freshman 15 a real thing, or is it just a myth? </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Expecting a funny answer, Pam informed me that the freshman 15 is actually a real thing, "I don't know if it's actually 15 pounds, but it </span>definitely<span style="font-family: inherit;"> is a big issue for some students, if they don't recognize it." She told me than many of the reasons that students may gain the 'freshman 15' is because they are in a new environment, wanting to try all the various foods. "Some pay no attention to portion control," Pam said. <b> "Many students also eat outside of meal times, snacking while doing homework, or late night pizza parties. Those really add up." </b>Stressing that diet isn't the only part of a healthy lifestyle, Pam told me that, "Exercise is key." I thanked Pam for her time, and that was the end of our interview. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Until next time, <i> stay full!</i></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-61317090278733345652012-09-12T19:28:00.001-05:002012-09-12T19:28:01.092-05:00OPB: Operation Paper Bag.To everyone who reads The School Lunches Suck! Blog, I have big news. <div>
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In Jack's high school of about 1,300 students, there is something going on. <b>Students aren't buying lunch anymore. They're bringing it. </b>Operation Paper Bag (OPB) was started by Jack and a few of his friends, and at the forefront of their movement is a <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/decreased-school-lunch-portions-sign-the-petition-to-show-your-concern-with-the-lunch-program">petition,</a> with nearly 900 signatures. Everyday, Jack brings this petition to school, encouraging students to sign it, and lets them know about OPB. The petition reads, "School lunch portions have decreased, while the prices, have increased! This is ridiculous! We, as students, need to <b>stand up, be heard </b>and <b>do something</b> about this!" Jack said the reason for the petition and attention being brought to school lunches has a purpose, "Ultimately our goal is to boycott meals at school, and hit the company that supplies our cafeteria with food and emyployees, <a href="http://www.chartwellsschools.com/Who_We_Are_K12.cfm">Chartwells,</a> where it hurts--financially."<b> </b></div>
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<b> Pretty quickly, the Allentown High School administration realized something was up</b>, so the district superintendent set up a meeting between Jack and Chartwells before the full-fledged boycott was on. Tomorrow, Thursday September 13th, Jack and the other students that started Operation Paper Bag are meeting with Chartwells representatives, employees, and a couple of school officials to talk about the school lunches. There, Jack is going to present what he has found this year. "Our lunch is $2.40," Jack went on,"and<b> it's like finger food, but for raised prices!" </b></div>
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So over the coming weeks and months, I will be posting updates about Operation Paper Bag, and how things are going for Jack and his cause. If you would like to follow OPB on twitter, their page is <a href="https://twitter.com/Operation_PB">here</a>, and their Facebook page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/operationpaperbag/members/">here</a>. This is really exciting news for The School Lunches Suck! Blog, so be sure keep posted for what's coming next!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-51228060235056995212012-09-11T19:13:00.001-05:002012-09-11T21:49:23.461-05:00Lunch from Alabama to Wyoming This week, someone who reads the blog told me they had a suggestion for a blog post.<br />
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<b>Send your pictures to <span style="color: blue;">teubks@gmail.com</span> with the subject "Lunch in (your state)"</b> Encourage your friends, children, grandchildren, ANYONE you know in a different state to send one in!! Hope to see 50 pictures really soon!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-11816501919714725662012-09-10T22:29:00.000-05:002012-09-11T19:27:24.210-05:00Update...School Lunches Suck! Blog on TV!! Tomorrow, September the 11th, Channel 8 Eyewitness news from Lincoln, Nebraska <b>will have a spot about The School Lunches Suck Blog on TV!! </b><br />
If you live in Nebraska, tune in at 6:00 pm to see what it's about!! If you don't live in Nebraska, or don't get Lincoln's ABC news on channel 8, I'l post a link so you can see it too!!<br />
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<b>Here is a link to the spot that was on channel 8 today </b><a href="http://www.klkntv.com/story/19517487/beatrice-high-seeing-drop-in-students-participating-in-school-lunch-program">http://www.klkntv.com/story/19517487/beatrice-high-seeing-drop-in-students-participating-in-school-lunch-program</a> Enjoy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-66753869008483058492012-09-10T11:23:00.000-05:002012-09-10T18:45:26.209-05:002nd Guest post...LUKAS! Friday, September 7th. <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Here is the first guest post from our second guest poster, Lukas!! Lukas also attends school in a small rural Kansas community, and is quite the achieved distance runner! He will probably be posting every two weeks or so, so be on the lookout for more!</span></span><br />
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Everyone! My name is Lukas; I attend a school much similar to Shane’s in
aspect of size, and community. I live on a farm and understand the importance
of healthy diets, which goes for animals and humans. But what is most special about me is my ability to run. I have loved running since grade school, and it has
become a key part of my life. In the course of my high school career, I have
brought home many titles and awards to my community. So from a true athlete’s
perspective, we NEED more food! Like most </span>pre<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">-collegiate students I weigh under
200 lbs. Skin and bones, is probably the most accurate way to describe us. Now I
am not saying that the food is gross, because I am by no means a picky eater,
but the quantity is not rational at all. The statistics may say that the U.S. is
overweight but where I come from we aren’t much more than bean stalks. This is
a picture of the lunch that was served on Friday the 7th; I took every possible item of
food that was possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> As you can see there is not a whole lot on my plate, the
sloppy Joe was delicious, but that was the only meaty and filling part of the
whole meal. Bean salsa? Come on, that is an appetizer. This lunch, however, was
on Friday, and my cross country meet was on Thursday. The day after a race is
known as a 'Recovery Day', which means you have to re-nourish all the vital
elements your body lost during your race. The average runner (typical high
school runner) needs more protein per pound of body weight <a href="http://www.swimmingcoach.org/articles/9701/article3.htm">than a professional body builder.</a> There isn’t
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the right to restrict them. If the overweight people want to chow down on Honey
Buns and Soda, who are we to judge them, Let alone stop them? It is their body
and they can do to it as they please! We are adolescents, our metabolism is
peaking. It’s possible to eat a little grub and still keep our low body fat.
School lunches aren't the problem, and making them smaller will only encourage
indulging in fatty foods after the bell rings. I hope to post again soon, but
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-34863302586317909532012-09-09T12:41:00.000-05:002012-09-09T12:41:22.318-05:00Thursday, September 6th, & POLL RESULTS! What's for lunch Thursday, September 6th? Hot dog on a bun with french fries and baked beans. Again, I opted for a different vegetable than french fries. <br />
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<li>1/2 pint 1% low-fat milk...100 calories</li>
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On Thursday the 6th, a hot dog on a bun with baked beans and french fries was served for lunch. I love french fries more than you can know, but I like them fried to a golden crisp and am quite fond of the ones served at Runza. The french fries at school, however, are a different story. I'm not sure how these french fries are cooked, but I can tell you they are not fried to a golden crisp. They are thick crinkle cut fries, but not like ones I enjoy at Runza. When I asked three different students the first word they thought of when I told them to describe school french fries, their response was the same--soggy. Personally, I would rather get a different vegetable and eat it than let the french fries go to waste. Otherwise, this lunch wasn't too bad. </div>
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The results from The School Lunches Suck! Blog poll: How much control? are in!! This week we asked the question, <i>How much control should the Government have over school lunch? </i><b> With a total of 78 votes,</b> we had two responses that both received about 33% of the vote. The winner was 'None at all' with 30 votes, and 2nd place was 'Half as much' with 26. </div>
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The School Lunches Suck! Blog has been receiving a lot of attention recently, as the story in the Beatrice Daily Sun that mentioned the blog was <b>picked up by The Associated Press this Saturday!</b> Also, <b>watch out tomorrow (Monday) for a quick update about where you can see the blog mentioned on TV!!</b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-68293864246768716662012-09-07T18:24:00.001-05:002012-09-08T12:33:00.041-05:00First guest post...SHANE! Friday, September 9th.<br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> My name is Shane and I am a Junior at a small school in rural Northeast Kansas. As an avid reader of this blog, I love what Travis is trying to do and the message he is trying to get across. A problem I noticed though is that Travis, and Beatrice High School, are the only schools getting addressed. I figured this could lead some people to believe this problem is isolated to only his school. So I did the only thing I could think of doing, I contacted him about it. After talking it over, he asked me to write a guest blog on here to show that it is not only the large high schools with the new "healthy" lunches, it is all high schools. My high school has less than 100 people in it overall, and has the same complaints all other schools are having.</span></span></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.8809566327836365" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In our school, over 80% of students participate in sports of some sort throughout the year. In a school like this, getting enough to eat at lunch is even more important due to the amount of activity we are doing after school. Myself, being in Cross Country, can burn upwards of 1000 calories in a hard practice each day. Our school lunches are supplying around an average of 850 calories, as previously noted in Travis's blog. So where does my energy come from if lunch isn't even supplying enough calories for practice, let alone every day activities? It doesn't come. I have to carry it over from breakfast. By the time practice is done each day I am ready to go home and chow down on whatever I can find, which is normally unhealthy. So how much are the lunches really helping health if we go straight home to eat more unhealthy?</span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.8809566327836365" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.8809566327836365" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Big thanks to Travis for letting me do this write up and HUGE shout out to what he's doing. He is putting a huge amount of work in to show that this really is a problem. I hope to be on here more often now to help show everybody how schools in other states and sizes are faring with school lunches. Travis has some big plans for this blog and I hope he keeps it up.</span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.8809566327836365" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This has been Shane posting on behalf of School Lunches Suck!</span></b></span><br />
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.8809566327836365" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-26045633458596723952012-09-06T19:36:00.001-05:002012-09-06T19:36:19.206-05:00#BrownBaggingIt In many school districts across the country, several students have decided to bring their lunch this year. Yesterday, I had a link to the Beatrice Daily Sun article <a href="http://beatricedailysun.com/news/local/education/fewer-bhs-students-participate-in-school-lunch-program/article_6318e478-e25b-5ee5-87f2-33ead7e933f7.html">explaining that almost 40% fewer students buy lunch at BHS.</a> But, it seems that it is a growing trend across the country. For those familiar with Twitter, a trending hashtag (#) in recent days is<b> #BrownBaggingIt</b>. <span style="font-family: inherit;">According to an article from the Huffington Post, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Plum High School student Sean Doyle started it all by going on Twitter, telling everyone to bring their own lunch to avoid purchasing from the school for a da<span id="goog_952075133"></span><span id="goog_952075134"></span><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"></a>y.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">" He then created the <b>#BrownBaggingIt</b> hashtag, and ever since it has become a trending topic on twitter. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Some say that bringing your own lunch to school will die out as the year goes on, <b>but the majority of students I've talked to think that it will continue.</b> "I bring my lunch now, and plan on bringing it for the rest of the year. The lunches aren't going to get any better," said senior Shelby. Another student, senior Dylan said something quite similar, "It's becoming part of my morning routine. It just fits in, and doesn't even take that much more time." </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> This topic--school lunches--has received a lot of attention in the last few weeks, as parents, students, and teachers get back into the school groove. Several people, from the West coast to the East, have written about lunch in a similar way that I have--a blog. One of my favorite posts I have read is <a href="http://morningjoyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/08/school-lunch-soapbox.html?showComment=1345730374624#c3394167513842128923">School Lunch Soapbox</a>, written by a woman named Annie, a mother of three from South Dakota. In her post, Annie describes her feelings and a story tied with school lunch when she was a 9th grade teacher. Make sure to check it out--it's a good read!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">-----This brings me to my next idea......</span><b style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I am going to start featuring guest bloggers, letting them tell you from their point-of-view how the lunch in their school is</b><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">!! Be on the lookout from posts from Lukas, Shane, and a couple of others!! If you know someone who would be a good candidate for an interview, let me know!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">----- Also coming soon, a Q&A with the Assistant Director of University Dining Services at UNL!</span><br />
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<li>1 can pineapple juice..........90 calories</li>
<li>1/2 cup cherry tomatoes</li>
<li>1 peach</li>
<li>1/2 cup pickled beets</li>
<li>1/2 pint white 1% low-fat milk...100 calories</li>
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Today for lunch, we had breaded chicken patty on a bun with potatoes. I really enjoy this meal, and the honey mustard sauce we are offered is quite good. The whole wheat bun, I am not the biggest fan of. I do understand that whole wheat is much healthier for someone than white bread, but there is something different about the wheat bread at school. I eat wheat bread at home, and prefer it over white. I even eat whole grain noodles most of the time, but this wheat bread needed quite a bit of honey mustard sauce to make it less tough. <b>I have a feeling that people will get more used to the whole grain buns and whole grain products as the school year goes on</b>. Hopefully, the texture will improve too. </div>
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I would like everyone that reads this blog to know that <b>I make every effort to make sure that the things I am writing are factual, objective, and backed up by information from credible sources</b>, all of which I post links to when I reference them. I will also make every effort to correct any misinformation in the blog. In addition, I would like to remind everyone that this blogs purpose is <b>not to target the cafeteria workers</b>, but to target the regulations and rules they have to abide by.</div>
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Today, my blog was mentioned in a Beatrice Daily Sun article written by Emily Deck, check it out here at </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-81086798706770818482012-09-02T01:27:00.000-05:002012-09-02T01:27:41.340-05:00Poll: How much control? Every two weeks, The School Lunches Suck! Blog will have a poll for the readers to participate in. The poll for this week is about Government control over school lunch. <br />
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<li>1 cup assorted veggies</li>
<li>1 taco bowl</li>
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Tacos are one meal that not very many students complain about, I mean, who doesn't like tacos? We have the choice of 2 soft shells, 2 hard shells, or one bowl. Tacos are usually served with tater tots, but instead I opted for green peppers and sliced tomatoes. Last year, I distinctly remember being pretty full on taco day, but this year, after my lunch I wondered why I didn't seem as full. </div>
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In years past, we were allowed to help ourselves to the cheese, sour cream, and other delicious toppings one puts on a taco. This year, the cheese was portioned out, and sour cream handed to you when you paid for your meal. You could still put your choice of vegetables on top, but it just wasn't the same. It took me only about 10 minutes to eat, leaving me quite a bit of time to talk to my friends at my lunch table. </div>
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By the time I was leaving school to go to work, at 3:00, <b>I really wondered if I had eaten lunch at all. </b>I got to work, and thankfully someone brought muffins to share that day. I disappeared to the break room to eat one, and when I got off work at 6:15, <b>I still wondered if I had eaten lunch. </b>To me, the portion sizes are just ridiculous. Oh, and I almost forgot to remind you. <b>Lunch prices at BHS have increased $.10 from last year, </b>making a 'USDA approved lunch' now $2.50. And, in order for students receiving free and reduced lunch to get the discounted price, they must follow the new standards. </div>
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.46534366020932794"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This week, I received a</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> very interesting</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tip from a student in a small town Kansas high school who reads the School Lunches Suck! Blog. He told me that there were a couple of schools in the towns down the road who were serving peanut butter sandwiches after lunch to the football players, so that they wouldn’t be as hungry during practice. I asked him to put me in contact with a football player from one of the schools, and before long, I had a story.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Devin is a sophomore at a small town high school in northeast Kansas, where the only important things this time of year are harvest and football. I was intrigued by what I was hearing from others about the sandwiches these players were eating; where they were getting them, and who was paying for them. Devin did most of the talking, and had a quick answer for every question I asked him.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Me: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Devin, I am writing a blog about school lunches in America, and I heard that you have some information that would make a very interesting blog post. Your football team gets peanut butter sandwiches before practice? Whose idea was it?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Devin:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Yeah, we do get them. It was our football coach’s idea, who is also our athletic director. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Me:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Who pays for these sandwiches? Who makes them?</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Devin:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Every year, the parents donate Gatorade to drink during practice and games, but this year our coach asked them to donate bread and peanut butter so we wouldn’t get hungry during practice. You just make the sandwich yourself, in the locker room.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Me:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> When did you start eating them before practice? Are they for the players only?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Devin:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Last Monday [August 20th] was when we started eating them. Yeah, they’re only for the players. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Me:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> How long are they going to continue donating the bread and peanut butter? Has anyone in your school’s food service program said anything about you eating them?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Devin:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I guess we’ll eat them until we don’t have anything left to make them with. Nobody has said anything, I’m not sure why it would matter to them. We are allowed to bring snacks to school and eat them so it shouldn't be any different. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Me:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Alright, I have just one last question before I’m done. Can you tell if it makes any difference on your performance in practice?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Devin: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yeah, I’m just not as hungry, and helps how I feel overall. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I thanked Devin for his time and input. I told him that it would probably be a couple of days before I was able to work out a post, and that I would make sure he got to see it finished. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> For most of the interview, which was conducted over the phone, Devin seemed really puzzled as to why I was so interested in ‘just peanut butter sandwiches’. What really intrigued me, though, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was the fact that it was the football coach/athletic director’s idea.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> He went as far as asking the parents to donate bread and peanut butter </span><b>so the players could have a snack before practice</b>;<span style="font-weight: normal;"> something that had never been done before. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> One other thing also made me very curious about these sandwiches, and that is that there cannot be any competition to the school lunch program unless it meets certain USDA criteria. From a CDC weekly report titled, </span><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #503608; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #503608; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, I</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> uncovered many of the regulations that govern school food sales. One of which was, “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competitive foods are not subject to any federal nutrition standards unless they are sold inside the food service area during mealtimes.” I will explain this in easier terms, as I had it explained to me. It simply states that the only food that can be served during meal times (breakfast and lunch) in a public school must be regulated by standards set forth by the USDA. This pretty much limits what can be sold during lunch and breakfast hours in a public school, often leaving the school lunch program the only choice. Since the sandwiches are donated to the football team, and not sold to them, this does not fall under, “sold inside the food service area during mealtimes.,” meaning, to me, that they are doing no wrong.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This seems like quite an extreme measure to take, just for a snack before football practice. But after my </span><a href="http://schoollunchessuck.blogspot.com/2012/08/interview-with-athlete.html" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Interview with an athlete</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, I soon realized that it was a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">great</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> solution to what has become somewhat of a problem with the portion size of lunch at school.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">---Don’t forget to share The School Lunches Suck! Blog with your friends and family on Facebook, and always feel free to leave a comment or question for me to answer!---</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The link below is for the CDC’s weekly report, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5734a2.htm" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5734a2.htm</span></a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-57506727088255903942012-08-29T22:26:00.001-05:002012-08-29T22:26:18.117-05:00Interview with an athlete..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYs14EYzFEzF3sks_HLnD511-5h0DdatUoDaZM_gLSXlSK_LDkUo4Yaw_jMfjPIBpWk7WIR-c9FOd1gP6UN64un0rMtwYnGHett3sStptnKu_RdqVwLPG24E1heFtfl_W1q02aiHIAd0/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYs14EYzFEzF3sks_HLnD511-5h0DdatUoDaZM_gLSXlSK_LDkUo4Yaw_jMfjPIBpWk7WIR-c9FOd1gP6UN64un0rMtwYnGHett3sStptnKu_RdqVwLPG24E1heFtfl_W1q02aiHIAd0/s1600/images.jpg" /></a> Today, I had the chance to talk with a fellow classmate of mine, Tanner. Tanner is a wide receiver for the Beatrice Orangemen football team, and also participates in track in the spring. When asked about the new school lunches, Tanner had an opinion similar to many of the other players on the team. <br />
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I asked Tanner a couple of questions about what he eats during the day, and how practice goes after school. "Yesterday for lunch I had a pork rib sandwich, small salad, juice box, and half a cup of fruit. About 7th period everyday I have a snack or something so I don't get hungry," Tanner told me matter-of-factly. Now, Tanner isn't the biggest guy on the team, standing at 5 foot 18 inches and 140 lbs., so for him to be hungry after lunch and a snack is quite ridiculous. Tanner told me that practice starts at 3:45, and goes until about 6:30 in the evening. "When I get home, I'm extremely hungry. If dinner isn't ready when I get home, I get upset. "<br />
I also got the chance to ask Tanner if he plans on bringing his own lunch, like many of the football players do. "Yeah," he said, "getting enough food at school can cost quite a bit, my brother paid like six bucks for his lunch today. Since I bring a snack, I might as well bring my own lunch, too." I myself have noticed many students bringing their lunch, and when I ask them about it, they all have similar replies.<b> What they serve us isn't enough. So, I just pack a lunch, and bring more food. </b><br />
<b> </b>Again, I visited the USDA website, www.choosemyplate.gov, and decided to put Tanner's height, weight, and level of activity into the Daily Food Plan tool. I received the same results as yesterday, even with a different height, weight, and level of activity. A 140 lb, 5' 8" male with more than 60 minutes of activity a day <b>needs</b> 3200 calories daily. I understand that many calories a person consumes in a day also come from their breakfast and dinner, but there are simply not enough calories in a lunch for a football player to keep energized when they practice. With only 850 maximum calories coming from his lunch, he needs those snacks to give him energy to preform in practice. <br />
To me, the bottom line for many student-athletes is that <b>they don't get enough calories from their lunch to give them energy to preform. </b><br />
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What's for lunch on Monday, August 27th? Spaghetti with meat sauce and a bread stick.</div>
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Here is a breakdown of what I ate today.<br />
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<li>1/2 pint white milk</li>
<li>3 strawberries</li>
<li>2 orange wedges</li>
<li>3/4 cup mixed veggies</li>
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<b> </b>Today's lunch was a common meal served in cafeterias across the country. Everyone is used to the familiar glob of noodles covered in a somewhat watery spaghetti sauce. The noodles and the bread stick were both whole wheat, which fulfills the USDA requirement that half of all grains must be whole. As with my meal last week, about an hour later I was hungry <i>again</i>. I really started to feel bad for the football players sitting across the cafeteria from me, as they have practice after school. I wanted to know just exactly what a person like a football player needs, so I did a little research. </div>
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I know that the USDA has a handy little website called choosemyplate.gov, formerly known as mypyramid.gov. There, there is a tool that anyone can use, called Daily Food Plan. The Daily Food Plan breaks down how much of a certain food group a person should eat in any given day. Here, you can select your age, height, weight, gender, and level of physical activity. </div>
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With our new school lunches, we knock out a portion of each suggested daily consumption. </div>
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<li>1 cup of vegetables</li>
<li>1 cup of fruit</li>
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With the limit of calories for a 9-12th grade lunch set at 850, many of those 17-year-old football players or other athletes are simply not getting enough energy from his or her lunch to preform their best at practice. <b>With only 26.5 percent of daily caloric intake coming from lunch, where is the energy athletes need for practice coming from? </b> I will interview a couple student-athletes in my school in the next coming weeks to find out. </div>
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Here is the link to the Daily Food Plan from the USDA.</div>
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Here is the link from the USDA comparing current school lunch regulations and the previous regulations.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-10118658969337661362012-08-26T18:12:00.000-05:002012-08-26T18:12:14.246-05:00It's not their fault! Before I really get into writing about the lunch schools now serve, I want to make one thing absolutely clear to everyone who reads the blog. <br />
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<b>The lunches schools now offer are not the fault of those who serve and prepare the meals.</b> </div>
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Cafeteria workers are very hard working people; many who truly love their job. I have the utmost respect for the people who make and serve my meal at school, <b>as my own grandma is a 'lunch lady'</b>. It was not their decision to change the food they provide, it was the government's. The people who prepare the food I eat at school day in and day out are only doing what they are told to do. They did not decide that as a Senior in high school I can have only 10-12 ounces of meat a week. They did not decide that I am allowed to eat only 10-12 ounces of grain products a week during lunch. It was the government's. It simply is <b>not their fault.</b> </div>
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The several women who work in my school's cafeteria are some of the most caring, friendly people I know. Everyday, I say 'hi' to them as I fill up my tray, always receiving a reply back, along with a 'how is your day going?' Many know me by name, and one in particular even remembers my birthday. With this blog, I only seek to show people exactly what is served for lunch in America's schools, not to put-down and complain to the food service workers in my school, all of whom I greatly appreciate. </div>
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Make sure to watch this week for posts on what I ate for lunch, and sometime soon a spotlight from another student at Beatrice High School - their thought on lunch!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-3926491151227071172012-08-24T18:03:00.000-05:002012-09-05T20:33:36.291-05:00Friday, August 24th. What's for lunch on Friday, August 24th? Mini corn dogs, dinner roll, and french fries. (I opted for a different vegetable, though.)<br />
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Here is a breakdown of what I ate today. I provided calorie counts for the labeled products. The other food-I have no idea.<br />
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<li>1/2 pint 1% low-fat milk........100 calories</li>
<li>1 can tomato juice..............30 calories</li>
<li>3 strawberries</li>
<li>6 mini corn dogs</li>
<li>1 (very) small roll</li>
<li>1 cup green vegetables</li>
<li>butter/ketchup/ranch...........120 calories</li>
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Many people would say, well, this is a good sized lunch. When I sat down to eat it, I too thought the same. However, about an hour later in my math class, my stomach was <i>growling</i>, even though I had just eaten. I found it difficult to focus on class, and wondered how other students were faring. </div>
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Unlike some of my classmates, I do not have football or sports practice right away after school. I thought to myself,<i> How on earth are they going to make it through practice, on such a light meal? </i>I am lucky enough to be able to go home after school and have a snack, while these athletes can't, and often have practice until 5 o'clock! Surely, they can't preform their best when they are hungry. Where will the energy they exert in practice come from? The answer is not the lunch they ate earlier in the day. The meal is too small for anyone on the football team, or a cross country runner who routinely runs 5 miles a day in practice! Those athletes <i>need</i> the energy from their lunch to perform well, and as of right now, they are not getting it.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506983680044815958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388664633150628590.post-21800192757261896782012-08-23T00:28:00.000-05:002012-08-24T20:40:52.360-05:00About the blog...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b>F</span><span style="background-color: white;">or many elementary, middle and high school kids all over the country, August means back to school time. This year, though, one big change has been made in schools across the country--lunchtime. In January of 2012, President Obama signed into law the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. According to the USDA website, the . . ."USDA is making the first major changes in school meals in 15 years. . . . " With these changes, students will have quite a different experience when eating lunch. This blog I plan to do over the 2012-2013 school year will hopefully show everyone not currently eating school lunches just exactly what they are about. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"> At least once a week, I hope to upload a picture of a meal served at Beatrice High School, a meal that many students would get. And at least twice a week, I hope to list what food I ate at school during lunch. Every so often, I hope to interview staff, administrators, and students and post my findings. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below!</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">Here is a link to the basic USDA website. A lot of the information they have is very hard to read, so with this blog I also plan to help people understand exactly what the guidelines state.</span></li>
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