Please tell me you did not just compare- the raising price to cigarettes to school lunch! Priorities

Seriously, what is going on out there. Everyone is losing thier jobs and have little income, but they keep raising everything. Gas, hot lunch, cigerettes for those who smoke, but how are things ever going to get better?

heh-hehehhhh... I'll ask my grand-daughter if the hot lunch menu tastes like insulation.

You just gave me a great case of the giggles. Fabulous fruedian slip!!!!
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You just made my day!.
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OOOPS!! Crap! "INFLATION". My mind was on a few different things!

I grew up west of Monroe and thirty years ago, I was paying $1.50 for school hot lunch. Can anyone out there figure why this (these prices at JVL Schools) are so out of line? Or is it just me? I'm just curious. (Thirty years ago and adjusting for insulation????)

P.S. Our lunch wasn't so "hot" either.

Warm I'm trying to find out about the caterer and if the foods actually any good!

I like that haha!

God I'm so glad I'm in high school and leave for lunch, but even before I left for lunch my Mom would pack me a lunch it was so rare for me to eat lunch at school.

School lunches are pretty nasty.

I was lucky to have a mom who packed me a good lunch :-)!

ha. let's teach them about healthy foods in health/phy.ed. and feed them the opposite. Setting a GREAT EXAMPLE. Love it

I understand everyone is struggling... but if the families receiving reduced cost lunches, couldn't afford full price before, where are they going to come up with the increased prices?
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In the "olden days" we didn't even have hot lunches. Everyone brought a sack lunch. Usual fare was a PB & J, chips, a cookie and a banana (or similar type of lunch) Weight, for the most part was not such an issue as it is nowadays. We ate in our classrooms (not cafeterias) and we had 45 minutes to eat, clean up after lunch, and go out for recess to run off some energy. And at least in my home, Mom didn't let us turn on the TV until after our chores, homework and supper.

How much for your finest salsbury steak?

So, the general fund might have to cover any "red ink". . . The last I heard, the general fund savings account had in excess of $33 million. Now, $55,000 comes to less than 0.2% (0.00167 --to be exact) of that account. If we are worried about our families struggling during hard economic times, I think the district can afford to chip in a little from year to year as needed. Increasing the prices while simultaneously trying to reduce tax funding is a mixed message.

I agree if lunches go up so should reduced. We all have a hard time right now. My kids choose day to day. I always keep something to make cold lunch from. I also agree with portion sizes they serve what is the recommed serving size per person. we at home do not that is why it seems so small of serving.

Hot_potato one question for you not sure what school you lunch at but my question is first aren't they suppose to wear hairnets? And portions are ok but when the one day I stop in I didn't purchase I just sat with my child it was a pasta it was about one tablespoon with a hair in it (yummy) amount fruit was two very smallpieces of cantelope and a very hard cookie so my point what a waste of money!!!

I don't think the portion size is the issue. If they are going to increase the price, then they should increase the amount of times these kids have for lunch. THAT is why they come home starving.

And, what's up with schools constantly deviating from the menu? As a parent, if my child decides on hot lunch because of the menu, they sure as heck better be served that, not cottage cheese, a hard boiled egg and milk as a school on Memorial often subs out!

Deb Goad may not get the importance of fresh fruits and veggies and whole grains if you know what I mean....

"Menus were adjusted to include fewer fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains and more of the less-expensive canned or cooked fruits and vegetables and white grains"
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So, in other words, we're going to teach them to eat fresh fruits and vegetables. And then serve them the bland, tasteless variety ladeled up out of giant, mass produced, commercially processed tin cans? Over-added with salt, preservatives, and food colorings? Grown and manufactured in only God knows which country?
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Seems a bit hypocrytical, in my opinion.
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And why even offer an adult menu? Your a grown-up!
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Also, why does everything, EVERYTHING have to go so far over budget? It's like we hire people just to figure out ways to overstep financial boundaries. It's getting old.

Oh please. Portion sizes are just fine (we as adults could learn a few things from our kids and stop eating so much extra food all the time). Working in a elementary lunchroom I KNOW this because every day the amount of food dumped because kids are done and refuse to eat it is astounding. It could seriously feed all the homeless and Janesville, and this is just one school. I can't imagine how much food they're wasting at all our elementary schools combined. Without mommy and daddy there to shove every bite down their throats, they learn to eat until they are full, not until their plates are cleaned and emptied. And trust me, whether or not your kid cleans their plate or tosses it all at lunchtime, they will still come home at 3pm starving. Because that's what kids DO. They need frequent smaller meals throughout the day, not a large platter at one time. Your stomach is only the size of your fist people, now go look at how small your kids hands are.

warm---- How do you get a caterer to drive to school and give jr.a meal for under $3.00 ???

Domino - Federal tax dollars subsidize a portion of each meal for students. The meals meet Federal guidelines, so a certain amount of money is given to the district to offset student cost. Adults pay more NOT to get more food, but to cover the difference - the extra that adults pay is the amount that is paid by the government for student meals.

Also - those wondering about portion sizes - the cafeteria staff will tell you that all of the changes came with the District Nutrition Policy a few years ago. Now, instead of buying 1 large cookie, students have to buy 3 small ones.

danias. youre right, even after what i wrote about leaving free or reduced lunches as they are,im going to have to agree with you they should go up some like everyone elses,ive seen the income guidelines for these programs,and i know of people who have the same income as people getting free or reduced lunches for there kids,and these same people pay for their kids lunches.no child should have to go with out lunch but some of these parents take no responsibility for their childs lunch or breakfast.

i dont have children in school,but i remember when i did,what a waste of money for lunch.i started sending my kids with a sack lunch. i know alot of parents want their kids to have a hot lunch,but what i seen that day i was with my kids at school it wasnt that hot. my sons hamburger was actually cold, parents should consider packing their childrens lunch.and for those who are on the free or reduced lunch let them continue with no change.quit wasting your money on these over priced lunches,that your children arent even getting filled up on.

I guess I'll start packing my kids lunch because they hardly get anything and elementary kids do not have enough time to eat their food! The reduced prices should also go up if everyone else lunch goes up!

Upfront, I apologize to anyone who reads this and may be offended. Nope. Not really. It’s just me being stupid. (Yes, I’m upset about this) Okay, here goes. In troublesome economic times, the powers that be have to make some difficult decisions. I’ve been around the block a few times so I get the picture. We, as people of the good old US of A still have a responsibility to our children. This particular response has to do with this statement,” Another adjustment, according to the memo: “Menus were adjusted to include fewer fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains and more of the less-expensive canned or cooked fruits and vegetables and white grains.” Although this change is a step backward in terms of appealing food, the students seem to accept it, and it did decrease the cost,” Goad wrote.
Wow! Our junk food eating children “seem to accept it”.
Does that make it acceptable to feed our children less healthy food?
What a terrible explanation! Where is the accountability?
An "adjustment" Sad. Very sad.
I feel for all the parents who have children in this third world system.
JMO

I agree the food portions are tiny...especially for growing young bodies. Some healthy lunch program that is (NOT)I would think they would want kids to have full tummies so they could concentrate on their classes, not on a empty stomach.
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Not to mention that in elementary school. Some classes get very little time to actually eat. They have so many kids getting hot lunch, that by the time the last ones are through the line, and finally sit down to eat, they are being pushed outside for recess and told to dump their lunch. I know this has happened to my daughter when she was at Lincoln.
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I pay for the adult portion meals when I eat with my child in elementary school. I do not get any more food than the students do. What exactly am I paying for Deb Goad? Am I supposed to get something for the extra money I pay or is it because you assume adults can afford more? Please explain!

I can understand the price increase in the hot lunch at the schools..but has anyone ever seen what small amount of food is being served to these kids? its awful.. they come home STARVING and for them to increase the price..they should increase the portions...