NYC Public School Parents: Why did the DOE cancel the Healthy Lunch school program?

NYC Public School Parents: Why did the DOE cancel the Healthy Lunch school program?:

Why did the DOE cancel the Healthy Lunch school program?

by Leonie Haimson

For several years, the non-profit organization Wellness in the Schools [WITS] program has been bringing professional chefs into schools to teach kids and the DOE’s school cooks how to prepare healthy meals; last year they also provided lunch in thirty public schools. 

Without warning last week, the NYC Department of Education suddenly announced it wouldcancel the WITS healthy school lunch program, claiming that its meals may violate new federal guidelines – without providing any evidence that this is the case.  According to the NYTimes, “Sharon Richter, a licensed nutritionist who has worked with WITS for several years, countered that the group has always