The Washington Post had a reporter parachute in on the “Healthy Schools” legislation headed for final approval in the D.C. Council Tuesday and write up a glossy and utterly superficial report on what the legislation will do. Too bad. Because as currently configured, D.C. schools are not equipped to deliver a “gold standard” level of […]
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D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), who has vowed to pay for her “Healthy Schools” legislation one way or another, has asked colleagues to approve a tax on soda sales in the District of Columbia as a means of raising the estimated $6.5 million annual cost of the omnibus bill aimed at improving school nutrition […]
Here’s something I’d never seen before in my daughter’s elementary school cafeteria: A burrito made out of a giant flour tortilla, “turkey ham” and processed cheese slices. Apparently there wasn’t enough starch in the burrito, so one of the sides is pasta noodles. The green stuff is Exhibit A explaining why kids in D.C. schools […]
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