ALL NYC Public Schools go to "meatless mondays". Forced vegetarianism

ThatOwlWoman said:
You do realize, don't you, that private landlords own section 8 properties? Unless they've been given a waiver by the local governmental entity, the landlords are paying property taxes on their rental buildings. In the case of HUD-owned properties, the fed. agency is paying those taxes.

TANSTAAFL -- "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." -- Robert Heinlein
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No those that pay federal taxes pay those taxes on the HUD properties. Freeloaders living in them live off the taxpayers in more ways than one.
 
Oneuli said:
For poorer families, school lunches are a cost-effective option -- and it also gives their kids the benefit of a hot lunch. Moreover, if the poorer parents are working a lot of hours, it saves them a bit of time that they can be using to, say, help their kids with homework, etc.
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It doesn't have to be hot. LOL
You want hot? OK, put some soup in their lunch box thermos to go with their sandwich. Been there, done that.
It takes less than 5 minutes to slap some meat between 2 bread slices, toss in an apple (orange, banana, grapes). This is not a difficult task.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
I noticed quite a few kids at my g-sons' school did bring their lunches. In some cases though I'm not sure that that was any better than what the cafeteria served. Lunchables, mom? Really? That's not food.
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Agree. Those things are gross. More economical and healthy to buy big boxes of whole wheat crackers, put in to smaller bags, cheese in another, meat in another, some real fruit, put them in an insulated bag with a freezer pack and voilà...lunch.
 
Stretch said:
It doesn't have to be hot. LOL
You want hot? OK, put some soup in their lunch box thermos to go with their sandwich. Been there, done that.
It takes less than 5 minutes to slap some meat between 2 bread slices, toss in an apple (orange, banana, grapes). This is not a difficult task.
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It takes even less time to hand them some money and have them buy a hot, nutritious lunch at school. For some reason, though, giving parents that option seems to make right-wingers really uncomfortable.
 
Oneuli said:
It takes even less time to hand them some money and have them buy a hot, nutritious lunch at school. For some reason, though, giving parents that option seems to make right-wingers really uncomfortable.
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You have to offer a hot nutritious breakfast/ lunch, though, for them to have that option........when was the last time you were in a public school cafeteria that did? There are some. Most don't...
 
Oneuli said:
For some reason, though, giving parents that option seems to make right-wingers really uncomfortable.
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Let the parents decide on School Vouchers or Home Schooling etc ....For some reason, though, giving parents that option seems to make Libs really uncomfortable.
 
Oneuli said:
It takes even less time to hand them some money and have them buy a hot, nutritious lunch at school. For some reason, though, giving parents that option seems to make right-wingers really uncomfortable.
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Do you just want to create arguments where there are none? Choices. It's about choices. You DON'T feel like making a nutritious lunch in 3 minutes? Fine. You DO want to make a nutritious lunch in 3 minutes? Fine again. You and your kids want to eat SOMETIMES YOUR food and maybe SOMETIMES SCHOOL food? Bingo! Fine again. Let every household feed themselves as they wish. Most families do a little of both. Whatever works financially for each family.

geeeeeeesh :palm:
 
That isn't MY post. I've only posted here ONCE, Post #2. (this being my second post)
Jack: 'Fruits and Vegetables are suppose to be good for you. Don't you want healthy children?" <------this is Jack's post (Post #2)

One of us might be 98, but it's NOT me.



Cypress said:
"Used to be"...???

Exactly how old are you? Like, ninety eight?

I remember schools serving lunches clear back to when I was in elementary school.

And I routinely purchased school lunches, as did many other white kids - maybe even most white kids.

Concerning vegetables: I have had the displeasure of seeing crowds at Trump rallies. There is a lot of blubber, beer guts, excess flab, and morbid obesity at those rallies. I suggest Trump boot-lickers consider eating more vegetables and fruits, and less pork rinds, corn dogs, cheese burgers, and deep fried twinkies.
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volsrock said:
Let the parents decide on School Vouchers or Home Schooling etc ....For some reason, though, giving parents that option seems to make Libs really uncomfortable.
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The current system is good, when it comes to private school and home school. Parents can decide on those options for their kids, but they still contribute to the local public schools. That offsets the disadvantages that come with the private schools being disproportionately the place for kids from poorer families.... they may lack the benefits of having richer and more academically focused parents engaged with the schools, but they effectively get subsidized by those parents, so school quality doesn't deteriorate.
 
Stretch said:
Do you just want to create arguments where there are none? Choices. It's about choices.
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That's exactly what I'm applauding here: parents have the choice to either send their kid to school with a packed lunch, or send them to school with money to buy a hot lunch.
 
Oneuli said:
The current system is good, when it comes to private school and home school. Parents can decide on those options for their kids, but they still contribute to the local public schools. That offsets the disadvantages that come with the private schools being disproportionately the place for kids from poorer families.... they may lack the benefits of having richer and more academically focused parents engaged with the schools, but they effectively get subsidized by those parents, so school quality doesn't deteriorate.
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In other words, those that care about their kids' education subsidize it for those parents that don't care.
 
Oneuli said:
That's exactly what I'm applauding here: parents have the choice to either send their kid to school with a packed lunch, or send them to school with money to buy a hot lunch.
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What if the school doesn't offer a hot, nutritious lunch?
 
CFM said:
In other words, those that care about their kids' education subsidize it for those parents that don't care.
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To an extent, yes. And that's a very good thing, since it would be immoral to have kids suffer even more than necessary from the bad luck of un-engaged parents. But, it's not just the parents who don't care. It's those who aren't in a position to help much, given their own lack of academic background and lack of resources. It helps to level the playing field for kids.
 
Oneuli said:
Then we should figure out why not, and remedy that.
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'Very true...but that's not top priority....sad, isn't it?
If it were, there would be programs offering hot nutritional breakfasts and lunches in place now...in every school.... '
 
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