Our teenage daughter can not "choose" water as a beverage "choice" with her school lunch. (It costs extra.) She's told that she can "choose" one type of cow's milk, but no water! Huh?
And, in the elementary schools, you can check off the box for chocolate cow's milk, but there's not one for water? We can select french fries and chocolate milk, but no water?
The reason: "the federal government sees no nutritional value in water and won't reimburse your school lunch program if it's offered on the school lunch menu." (My husband has always felt that chocolate milk has flavoring added because it's the milk that's about to spoil.) Wonder what industry got water banned from the lunch menu?
A simple solution would be to offer filtered water - and let everyone refill their own water bottles. Our children play sports and the last time I checked they don't run off the courts or fields looking for a milk bottle.
Common sense is not so common. - Voltaire
p.s. This is not a promo for Dansai water (manufactured by Coca Cola) because, as my niece pointed out, Dansai water's ingredients include: "water, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, salt." Huh?
And, in the elementary schools, you can check off the box for chocolate cow's milk, but there's not one for water? We can select french fries and chocolate milk, but no water?
A simple solution would be to offer filtered water - and let everyone refill their own water bottles. Our children play sports and the last time I checked they don't run off the courts or fields looking for a milk bottle.
Common sense is not so common. - Voltaire
p.s. This is not a promo for Dansai water (manufactured by Coca Cola) because, as my niece pointed out, Dansai water's ingredients include: "water, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, salt." Huh?
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