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Some kids now refusing to eat school lunches; BPS denies students got fed outdated food
By adamg on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 10:36am
Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson is sending letters home with students to tell parents that the food their kids get at school is "safe and healthy."
Without naming him, Johnson's letter denounces City Councilor John Connolly, who charged yesterday students at at least four schools were fed expired food from a frozen-food warehouse in Wilmington - food that would not have made them sick but which may have had reduced or no nutritive value. Johnson said that's not true; that, while, yes, the schools have wasted money on expired food, students have never been fed the stuff. She added she sent the letter after one cafeteria worker told her:
[I]n the days after the safety of our food was called into question, the number of children arriving for free breakfast at her school had dropped by 25 percent. One student refused to eat lunch because she heard it might be dangerous.
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The School System . . .
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The School System . . .
. . . should take notes from Tepco. Repeat after me . . .
"Expired Frozen food consumed three or four times a year presents no immediate health concerns because they contain only trace amounts of harmful bacteria . . . and most people get more bacteria on their shoes everyday walking to work than they do eating our slightly spoiled meat. . . ."
"and most people get more
Important tip for anyone who licks their shoes all over each morning after walking to work.
Looks like a job for education!
Man, if only there were someplace we could send these kids where they would learn facts about the world that would enable them to make better choices.
Don't be silly, public
Don't be silly, public schools are not for learning facts. Its to learn how to take standardized tests. Independent thinking is not allowed or encouraged.
Freeze this
Well, stuff in my freezer over 6 months old tends to look kind of gross and I toss it. While stuff frozen a year won't kill you, it wouldn't be my first choice.
The bigger problem is the inventory system. Why are they ordering X when you have frozen cases of it in back? If you get a case of X, why doesn't that go the the back and the older stuff move to the front? Or better yet, come end of school in June, why is there any food left over the summer?
That is the real issue there.
That is the real issue there. The food and wasted money is a result of bad management.
There is no reason why every box of food is not tracked from the warehouse to the schools. If you break it down a simple spreadsheet would be 100% better then they are currently doing. A RFID / barcode system would greatly improve supply management.
Unfortunately it takes some discipline and commitment to make such a system work. I doubt the Boston school system will be able to get its act together to make that change.
Trust
You wonder why I refuse to entrust my child's formative educational years to the BPS? Look no further.
The school system's response
The school system's response to parents is appalling. If McDonalds was caught serving expired frozen food to customers imagine the uproar. Clearly the administrators could care less about the children unless it involves defending their budget.