BUY.
REPORTER: UNDER THE FEDERAL
GUIDELINES STUDENTS HAD TO TAKE
CERTAIN ITEMS FOR THEIR LUNCHES
EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO
EAT THEM.
AND OFFICIALS HERE SAY THAT LED
TO STUDENTS JUST THROWING THE
FOOD AWAY.
SO UNTIL THE NEW PROGRAM IS
IN
PLACE PENN TRAPPER HIGH SCHOOL
HAS BEEN BRINGING IN PIZZAS FOR
THE
KIDS.
THE LUNCHROOM IS PACKED WITH
PENN TRAPPER HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
EATING THEIR LUNCHES BUT THE
LINE TO BUY FOOD PRETTY EMPTY.
>> I DON'T BUY LUNCH BECAUSE I
PREFER THE CHOICES THAT I
COULD
HAVE FROM HOME AND THE FOOD HERE
DOESN'T LOOK VERY APPETIZING TO
ME.
>> I SEE THE FOODS TOO AND IT'S
NOT HIGH
QUALITY BUT -- THAT'S
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I PACK MY
LUNCH.
REPORTER: IN
FACT LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT BODY BUYS LUNCH.
STUDENTS
SITE THE NATIONAL
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM AS THE
REASON FOR THE POOR FOOD.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES MONEY TO
DISTRICT
WHO FOLLOW STRICT RULES
ABOUT WHICH ITEMS CAN BE SERVED
AND THE PORTION SIZE OF THOSE
ITEMS.
SO THE STUDENTS BROUGHT
THE
ISSUE TO LIGHT THE WAY KIDS DO.
>> I WAS NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER
STUDENT ABOUT I THINK A TWITTER
PAGE CALLED
GROSS PT LUNCHES.
REPORTER: THINK COLLECTED 500
SIGNATURES.
ADMINISTRATORS HAD ALREADY BEEN
IN TALKS TO OPT OUT OF THE
FEDERAL PROGRAM.
THEY WOULD LOSE A
HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FUNDING BUT
BELIEVE THEY WOULD RECOUP THAT
BY LUNCH
SALES.
STUDENTS WHO GET FREE LUNCHES
WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED.
ALTERNATE THE BOARD
MEETING THEY
MADE IT OFFICIAL.
CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL LUNCH
PROGRAM
WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT
UNTIL THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR
WHICH COINCIDENTALLY IS IS THE
SAME TIME ALL THE RENOVATIONS IN
THE
