A good free meal for children that may otherwise go without is a wonderful idea. My tax money well spent. I’d rather it go to people with a future than the billion dollars wasted on Long Island.
Mayor Wu: is the school department tracking whether kids are eating this wonderful food? Are there programs in the school to educate/encourage/tempt the kids? Are there competing options? Thanks for the important information WuTrain is providing!
The district does collect data on what's eaten & what would be categorized as "food waste". In the works: cooking competitions, demonstrations & other ways to educate and encourage trying new foods. Salad bars are very popular for the students to mix and match ingredients, and the district can include vegetables or herbs grown on-site in smaller quantities too.
They made school lunches in New Mexico free for all students. I like the idea of buying food locally, definitely strengthens the local supply chain and communities. Although I think it would be more challenging in a high desert environment like NM compared to a place like Boston. But I think we are fortunate to be closer to CA and AZ.
This seems like largely creative writing and virtue signaling.
But could you an answer a simple question — why should taxpayers pay for school meals when parents should be responsible. If parents can’t afford to feed their kids, the very least we could do is deduct the cost from SNAP benefits to avoid the double dip.
Why taxpayers pay for food for children of the rich and the middle class is an unending mystery.
Stretched too thin after exorbitant state and federal taxes, property tax, and having to save so much for the future because I can’t trust there will be a safety net for me. But thanks.
The big question is what's included as part of education. As a society we've already decided that taxpayers should pay for classroom education for all children, including those families who could pay for other options, because it's a public good: we all benefit when our kids learn skills and get an education because they're the workforce and leadership of the near future, parents and caregivers benefit because they can more likely enter the workforce if their children are well cared for during the workday, etc. It's clear that kids learn better when they are fed and healthy, and all kids are more likely to get enough calories when there are no barriers to healthy food at school. It's also a huge benefit for working families to remove that additional consideration and cost for those who opt into it. In that way, it becomes part of the public good of public education.
Point of clarification, you oppose school choice and school vouchers, I assume. That is the civil rights issue of the 21st century, and you are on the wrong side of it.
So you aren’t really paying for classroom education for all, especially those that oppose woke indoctrination of government schools and choose private and parochial schools as a better option for them.
You again... the disrespectful troll that predictably pipes up his selfish libertarian low EQ agenda that is devoid of any understanding of the nature of the common good for all that governments (federal and state) attempt to serve. You've already been warned once on another post and are on skating on thin ice.
Repeating the same tired ineffectual lines, Mr Bergeron. So anti-individual, anti-freedom, anti-taxpayer. Are you stocking up on masks for the COVID surge incoming, too?
All schools should provide nutritious, delicious and culturally relevant food for the entire school community because it is much more efficient to serve the entire community than it is to have each family replicate the effort every day. AND, access to food and fresh water makes for a better learning environment and builds trust and faith between the students, the families, the teachers, staff and administration. A top-notch food service program is the best use of an educational dollar as it makes every other dollar more effective.
That seems like an excuse for grift. Lol at “culturally relevant food.” The closest we got was a fish sandwich or grilled cheese on Fridays during lent. Oh yeah, my $1.10 or whatever it was for the meal, too.
It’s simply a matter of fairness and “equity.” My questions for her honor remained unanswered. In fact, no liberal politician has answers to these questions.
I also remember the first time I bit into an apple grown by someone whose goal was to make delicious and ecologically responsible apples. My eyes lit up, and I smiled that kind of innocent smile you get when you've just experienced something so good and you're not sure what to do with the feeling. It would not be an underestimate to say that an apple shifted my life outlook. Thanks Michelle and friends, for helping more kids have those kinds of experiences with food ;-)
A good free meal for children that may otherwise go without is a wonderful idea. My tax money well spent. I’d rather it go to people with a future than the billion dollars wasted on Long Island.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you for making this important ! Long overdue.
Free for all meals plus good food for children!! What a great move
We will be experiencing this next year. Thanks. John & Louise G
Mayor Wu: is the school department tracking whether kids are eating this wonderful food? Are there programs in the school to educate/encourage/tempt the kids? Are there competing options? Thanks for the important information WuTrain is providing!
The district does collect data on what's eaten & what would be categorized as "food waste". In the works: cooking competitions, demonstrations & other ways to educate and encourage trying new foods. Salad bars are very popular for the students to mix and match ingredients, and the district can include vegetables or herbs grown on-site in smaller quantities too.
They made school lunches in New Mexico free for all students. I like the idea of buying food locally, definitely strengthens the local supply chain and communities. Although I think it would be more challenging in a high desert environment like NM compared to a place like Boston. But I think we are fortunate to be closer to CA and AZ.
Wonderful progress for America's oldest public school system! Keep on keeping on!
This seems like largely creative writing and virtue signaling.
But could you an answer a simple question — why should taxpayers pay for school meals when parents should be responsible. If parents can’t afford to feed their kids, the very least we could do is deduct the cost from SNAP benefits to avoid the double dip.
Why taxpayers pay for food for children of the rich and the middle class is an unending mystery.
Have you ever heard of “ the common good”. Hoping those with $$ donate to the Boston Food Bank
Stretched too thin after exorbitant state and federal taxes, property tax, and having to save so much for the future because I can’t trust there will be a safety net for me. But thanks.
The big question is what's included as part of education. As a society we've already decided that taxpayers should pay for classroom education for all children, including those families who could pay for other options, because it's a public good: we all benefit when our kids learn skills and get an education because they're the workforce and leadership of the near future, parents and caregivers benefit because they can more likely enter the workforce if their children are well cared for during the workday, etc. It's clear that kids learn better when they are fed and healthy, and all kids are more likely to get enough calories when there are no barriers to healthy food at school. It's also a huge benefit for working families to remove that additional consideration and cost for those who opt into it. In that way, it becomes part of the public good of public education.
Point of clarification, you oppose school choice and school vouchers, I assume. That is the civil rights issue of the 21st century, and you are on the wrong side of it.
So you aren’t really paying for classroom education for all, especially those that oppose woke indoctrination of government schools and choose private and parochial schools as a better option for them.
No answer on offsetting SNAP benefits either.
You again... the disrespectful troll that predictably pipes up his selfish libertarian low EQ agenda that is devoid of any understanding of the nature of the common good for all that governments (federal and state) attempt to serve. You've already been warned once on another post and are on skating on thin ice.
Repeating the same tired ineffectual lines, Mr Bergeron. So anti-individual, anti-freedom, anti-taxpayer. Are you stocking up on masks for the COVID surge incoming, too?
All schools should provide nutritious, delicious and culturally relevant food for the entire school community because it is much more efficient to serve the entire community than it is to have each family replicate the effort every day. AND, access to food and fresh water makes for a better learning environment and builds trust and faith between the students, the families, the teachers, staff and administration. A top-notch food service program is the best use of an educational dollar as it makes every other dollar more effective.
That seems like an excuse for grift. Lol at “culturally relevant food.” The closest we got was a fish sandwich or grilled cheese on Fridays during lent. Oh yeah, my $1.10 or whatever it was for the meal, too.
Why don't you change your pseudonym to "The whining curmudgeonly Grinch"? then when you spout this stuff it correlates.
It’s simply a matter of fairness and “equity.” My questions for her honor remained unanswered. In fact, no liberal politician has answers to these questions.
I also remember the first time I bit into an apple grown by someone whose goal was to make delicious and ecologically responsible apples. My eyes lit up, and I smiled that kind of innocent smile you get when you've just experienced something so good and you're not sure what to do with the feeling. It would not be an underestimate to say that an apple shifted my life outlook. Thanks Michelle and friends, for helping more kids have those kinds of experiences with food ;-)