My daughter Carmen started pre-k at PS 124 this year. Parents take turns bringing snacks for the whole class. During the first couple of weeks alone, those snacks included gummy worms, Oreos and vanilla sandwich cookies... in addition to cupcakes and goody bags of candy for birthdays. It was pretty shocking.
The school food routinely includes pizza and fries as well as the daily chocolate milk. I'm not a food nazi, but I do want to have control over when Carmen eats junk food, and it's kind of heartbreaking when you pick up a kid who goes all to pieces at the end of the day, and you KNOW it's the food.
As a step towards improving the snack issue, I put together a list of healthy snack suggestions that's pretty moderate (and bilingual). I handed it over to the teacher and it seems to be going through the channels now. Next week there's a PTA meeting, perhaps I'll bring it up there... will keep you posted.
- Mirem/PS 124
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