NY School District Regains Local Control and "Opts Out" of the Food Line
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| The real fight is between federal control and schools reclaiming local control. |
A school district says "no thanks" to Federal policy and gives up federal money for its school lunch program. Life goes on, the food is better and the district has control over its own lunch menu. The district is actually a better steward of resources as students probably won't be throwing as much food away that was uneaten (but forced upon lunch trays) from the mandated Federal menu. It took the district four months into the Federal program to decide it wasn't worth it financially or nutritionally.
Students stopped buying food because it was not tasty and the school was $59,000 in the red for this budget