[Vision2020] Hot Dogs, Pizza, and Nachos, MSDs Meal Plans

[Tom Hansen]

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007) 

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of keely emerinemix
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 8:31 AM
To: Donovan Arnold; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hot Dogs, Pizza, and Nachos, MSDs Meal Plans

 



The Federal government regulates meal offerings.  They might not be the kind
of food I eat or what I serve my kids, but they do meet the standards set
forth by the government.  If MSD served bibb lettuce salads, braised tofu,
hummus, extra-lean ground beef, fresh peaches, and whole-wheat bread at
every meal, you'd be bitching about the food waste, because there would be a
lot of it.  These are kids, and kids eat what they've been raised with and
what other kids it.  Should MSD go into the homes of all infants throughout
the district to make sure they're being fed properly and then fine-tune
their menus accordingly?

The Moscow School District is fortunate to have Mimi Pengilly as its
director of food services.  Ms. Pengilly last year won a statewide award for
innovative, efficient, and nutritionally appropriate menu offerings; her
work is considered a model for other districts and she has kept MSD on the
leading edge of school nutrition.  You ought to be grateful -- to her and to
the scores of other MSD employees who are on the front lines and who
sacrifice daily so that ALL kids get the best we can offer.  I'm sorry for
your entire unfortunate, oppressed, dissatisfied life, Donovan, but it's
time to stop blaming the public schools you grew up in.

keely


"And these women that you spit on as they try to change their worlds/
Are immune to your consultations . . . they're quite aware of what they're
going through"
(With apologies to David Bowie)



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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:43:55 -0700
From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Hot Dogs, Pizza, and Nachos, MSDs Meal Plans

The Moscow School District says it cares about its children. Yet looking at
the school lunch program it looks a lot closer to child abuse with hot dogs,
pizza, hamburgers, and nachos as common staples for children as young as
five or six under the care of MSD. Teaching kids to eat greasy foods high in
empty calories; fast food that is loaded with sodium and other preservatives
is not taking care of children and providing them with a good education on
how to eat correctly. Poor diets early in life leads to increased risk of
diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, and shorter life
spans plagued with health problems and huge medical bills. Yet this is the
avenue that our Moscow School District chooses to take.

 

Why does MSD believe that these greasy foods should be consumed by children?
What steps has it taken to correct the problem? 

 

Best,

 

Donovan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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