Chicago survey says students are rejecting more healthful lunches

Jan. 25, 2012
Food-service workers also they had little input into menu changes

From The Chicago Tribune: Workers who serve meals in Chicago Public Schools say the majority of kids are not eating the healthful foods now on the cafeteria menu. A confidential survey, filled out by 436 so-called lunch ladies, also found that half of the respondents "rarely or never" see principals eating school lunch and 61 percent feared they'd be disciplined for reporting food "quality or safety concerns to parents or kids."

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