Obama's School Lunch Progam A Catastrophic Failure : Ideology of Waste

I don't understand how this works - are the schools forced to prepare meals that the Obama's want for the kids to eat, or is there a law that forces them to do this? Sigh - Goodness, it seems there is no end to the desaturation that this administration brings to our country.

Given the depth of the failed policies that have driven families and communities into near disaster, why would anyone willingly vote for more destruction? Remember, it's not just the Obama's that are driving this calamity of social catastrophe, it's the collective democrat party as well.  Remember this as well when you enter the voting booth this November, all of the problems that have developed over the last six years are from the democrats.

83 Percent of Nation's Schools Report More Lunches Dumped by Kids
Source:  Paul Bedard, "Yuck: 83% of Nation's Schools Report More Lunches Dumped by Kids," Washington Examiner, October 13, 2014.

October 14, 2014

School children continue to dump their full lunch trays into garbage bins in protest of Michelle Obama\'s push for healthier lunches. School boards are demanding that the Obama administration relieve them of serving "costly and tasteless meals." The National School Boards Association demanded today that Washington address the "onerous requirements for federal school meal programs."

A survey of school leaders revealed:

• 83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste
• 81.8 percent had an increase in cost
• 76.5 percent  saw a decrease in participation by students
• 75 percent  of school leaders want increased federal funding to comply with the new meal program standards
• 60.3 percent want flexibility for school districts to improve nutrition "without harm to instruction, personnel, and other school district operations."

School leaders support good nutrition for children but are concerned with trays of uneaten cafeteria food in trash cans, hungry children, and struggling food-service programs.

According to the National School Boards Association\'s stance, addressing hunger needs should fall on local communities rather than schools. The current federal school meal mandates are "overly rigid and unrealistic" and undermine the ability of school districts to "prepare and serve nutritious food that enables America's public schoolchildren to grow, learn, and thrive." School boards cannot ignore the higher costs and operational issues created by the mandates.