The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted lunch program held at public schools giving kids who can't afford meals to be able to eat at school.The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946. The privilege of getting free lunch is determined by your parent or guardian's financial status and if not free lunch the price of your lunch will also vary by financial status. It is one of the most beneficial acts put into motion for those who fit the criteria. Although the thought of your kids getting free lunch sounds great and it would be a lot of help and beneficial to your child, your income can be “too much” to receive the benefit. If your income is at or below 130 percent of the poverty level you are eligible for free meals. Those with the income between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible for reduced‐price meals, for which students can be charged no more than 40 cents. The others who are barely above poverty level with more kids to support have to pay 2.50 for breakfast and lunch at school which most people can not afford to do 5 times a week. …show more content…
They made free breakfast and lunch for the kids who are in summer school, again for the people who are eligible for it. After extending it for the kids in the summer school programs they extended it further to kids who are just eligible for the free breakfast and lunch without being enrolled in the summer school program. Children in the summer would have to stay home and eat nothing till dinner because they used to depend on the food they were served at school. When they extended the Free school food program in the summer more kids around the united states whose family couldn’t make enough to feed them for the first two meals of the day began to be able to keep a healthy meal
middle of paper ... ... But after seeing the plight of the current free and reduced system, and looking at how much it would cost comparatively to other government ventures, I understood that universal free could definitely be a possibility and a welcomed change to the current system. Overall, this book was a very eye-opening read that I would suggest to everyone, especially those that want to see school lunches evolve into something awesome not only for children but also for agriculture. After reading this book, I am ready to get out there and try to pursue change in the school lunch system so that my children’s generation can go to school knowing that they will be fed right, responsibly, and without fear of being stigmatized.
Schools are spending too much money with this program that could be spent on other benefits for schools. Rather than using the money to get students new technology or property it 's wasted on a lunch program that students do not enjoy nor want to purchase. In the Article, “School Lunch Food is Not Fresh, Students Say” Journalist Audrey Levine interviews high school students about they feel about their school lunches. “It’s way too expensive now, but I’m still buying,” said senior Stephanie Huang. “And I don’t think more people are bringing lunch because
has to spend more money on changing school lunch system from eliminating unnecessary spending portion of system and create farming class. As reported by Cooper, “ The National School Lunch Program needs 8 billion dollars to feed 30 million children a year to serve high quality foods.” However, this price of amount has to be double to serve healthy foods to students because our next generation has to grow up with high quality foods not with low quality foods. Moreover, according to Cooper, the U.S. spends more than 100 million dollars on fast foods portion which the U.S. suppose to spend less amount of money on fast foods to improve the entire food system of the country. If the U.S. government lower the expense of fast food system and raises the amount of money for school lunches, entire schools of the U.S. would get positive results. For example, students could brainstorm very fast as Albert Einstein, and gain more energy to work out on their gym classes. Furthermore, school have to create agriculture class for students to have strong knowledges in foods. Students can literally be ware of what they eat at their lunch times; they will know vegetables grow in the ground and how foods are really fresh. Therefore, schools must provide farming class as in Berkeley; students have rights to know how foods are important to them. As a result, students could get a lot of benefits for changing school
The Indiana School Breakfast and Lunch Program is a program open to those children who live in a low income household. “National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a Federal entitlement program open to public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. Lunch is available to all children at participating schools, and the meals must meet specific nutritional requirements to receive Federal funds (Indiana Department of Education, 2013). This Program is open to those who reside in Indiana and who are a parent or guardian of a child who in school, and does not continue beyond high school. This program has requirements that deal with the level of household income. The household income requirements deal with the household income before taxes have been taken out. If there is a household of one person, they cannot make more than $21,257; a person in a two person household cannot make more than $28,694. This scale continues all the way to that a household of eight cannot make more than $73,316 (Indiana Department of Education, 2013).
School lunch is an obvious problem that has yet to be fixed. Mark Samuelsson once said, “We struggle with eating healthily, obesity, and access to good nutrition for everyone. But we have a great opportunity to get on the right side of this battle by beginning to think differently about the way that we eat and the way that we approach food.” A well know fact to almost all students and their parents is that there are many problems with school lunches and it needs to change. Not only is school lunch unhealthy, but it also does not taste good most of the time. Some people feel that school lunch is not that big of a deal so it should be very cheaply processed in factories and preserved, but that is not the case. In order to solve the lingering
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Does every student have the exact same nutritional needs? According to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, all students have similar, if not identical, nutritional needs. This act focuses on the amount of calories in the daily school lunches. Most often, they achieve lower calorie meals by regulating the amounts of fat, sodium, and sugar distributed in daily school lunches. The primary purpose this, regulating the calorie intake of students eating school lunch, is to reduce child obesity in the United States. This act requires lunches contain between seven hundred and eight hundred and fifty calories. Typically, these lunches include one cup of vegetables, one cup of fruit, two ounces of grain, two ounces of protein, and one cup of milk. These lunches fit the needs of several students, however society assumes every student fits the same nutritional needs. However, this is not a true fact. Many students require more calories due to a variety of factors. We cannot have a school lunch reform where the needs of all students are not met. If only some, or less than the majority, of students are receiving the nutritional values they need, we need to adapt the reform
The School Lunch Program was first initiated under Section 32 of the Agriculture Act passed in 1935. The law outlined which programs would receive donations of surplus USDA foods, which include but is not limited to: schools, non-profit summer camps, and needy families. It was not until after World War II that the National School Lunch Program was fully developed under the National School Lunch Act of 1946. Signed into power by President Truman, the act provided federal cash support for the nation’s school lunches, as during WWII, the USDA was only able to ship a limited amount of food to schools due to food shortages and transportation issues.
This is not the first time the U.S. has faced problems with the health of the nation. In 1946, President Harry S. Truman signed the National School Lunch Act. This legislation came in response to claims that many American men were rejected for military service due to diet related health issues. School lunch was established as “a measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being of the nation’s children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other food (Gunderson, 2013).”
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Having this type of system causes a class divide of students who are embarrassed because they need a free lunch. The division of kids cause issues like resentment among the other students who have to pay full price for their lunch, or causes embarrassment for the kids who can’t afford their lunch. According to CNN money, Many cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas are trying to reduce the “stigma” that comes with getting a free meal by the school changing their prodigal like filling out paperwork and such (CNN money, 2015). These cities are making a difference in the schools by not letting the class divide of students become and issue. The kids who have to wear wristbands, get stamps, get sticker and are labeled for needing a free lunch is humiliating and unnecessary. Having kids all be provided with free meals will erase the division of the kids who are to humilated to get a free meal at school. If every student was able to have free food provided by the school no one would know who actually needs a free lunch. It also comes full circle with kids who are eating the free nutritious meals being fed to learn more. The more comfortable the kids are getting free meals the more likely they are to actually get one. When a child can’t afford a lunch during the school day it usually can cause issues in the cafeteria due to the embarrassment of the student. The experts from nutrition group lobbies observe that almost 60 percent of lunches are served with the reduced price or free lunch program, and only 9 percent of that is reduced price (Nutrition group lobbies). With that information it's understandable that there is a whole nother 30 percent of students not getting a free lunch. Instead of excluding the kids who need to get free meals that excludes the kids who don't need to get free meals. The class division causes problems
Lunch is one of the most important meals of the day and is consumed mostly in school cafeterias for children and adolescence. Wholesome lunches are vital in maintaining a healthy metabolism and give children energy for the rest of the school day. Children are advised to eat healthily but do not always do so because the choices of tastier, fatty foods offered in school cafeterias. The National School Lunch Program, NSLP, which is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools set nutritious guidelines for lunches served in school cafeterias (USDA). However, school campuses still offer foods high in fat as well as selling candy, chips, and soda in their vending machines, as well as their school shops. In order
Do you remember your favorite “School Lunch”? I do, I essentially had two favorites; pizza and hamburgers with fries. Think back, wasn’t there at least one school lunch that the lunch ladies made that everyone was so excited to eat. Kids that habitually brought their super hero lunch box with thermos would leave it at home and be in line for pizza or burgers and fries. We could also go back for “seconds”, it was the best meal of the week including what was served at home. The federal government has been involved in the NSLP (National School Lunch Program) since 1946 with the implementation of the National School Lunch Act. These initial programs developed the commodity distribution program for schools, institutions, needy households, summer
Imagine that you walk into a cafeteria and you see children in line to buy lunch. The lunch is burnt and cold. You see the kids who bought lunch sit down and start asking people for food, they say no. At the end of the lunch period the kids lunch trays still have all the food on them. The children are starving and a lot of food was wasted. You don’t want that right? I believe that our school should get a new lunch menu because many students do not like the food served, there are not many options, and there are many problems with the food.
The first thing that parents look at when they buy lunches for their children is how much lunches cost. One thing that most parents have noticed, is that school lunches are not as cheap as lunches that you would bring from home. School lunches can be expensive, not only because of the food, but because the companies have to pay the cook, the server, the cleaners, and all of those people who work for the company. Asking children to pack their own lunches can save a family up to more than $50 a month. This is one advantage that home lunches have on your family...