PHOTO: School blames ‘poor lighting’ for paltry Michelle O lunch April 17, 2015 Kyle Olson
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – That’s not really a fish filet with a whole wheat bun resting on top.
Nah, your eyes are playing tricks on you.
That’s what administrators at Virginia’s Portsmouth Public Schools want parents to believe after a mother took a photo of her child’s paltry school lunch and posted it on social media.
The mom says James Hurst Elementary served the lunch Tuesday.
After the photo began circulating around the community, Food Service Coordinator Jim Gehlhoff admitted the lunch “concerns us,” but added that it might not actually be as bad as it looks.
Poor lighting and food presentation make this lunch unappealing,” he said in a statement released to the media.
He says it’s in compliance with the federal lunch rules championed by First Lady Michelle Obama.
“The meal in this photo and other meals served by Portsmouth Public Schools meet nutritional and USDA requirements,” according to the food service coordinator.
An unscientific poll by WAVY found 92.3 percent of respondents (10,138 people) did not believe the lunch was “acceptable.”
The photo comes as Congressional Republicans are preparing to create “flexibility” in the program and not outright repeal it.
Gee, I wonder if Malia and Natasha had the same meal at Sidwell. I mean, after all, "He says it’s in compliance with the federal lunch rules championed by First Lady Michelle Obama.", so that would make sense. Right?
"This is the most lavishly funded and entirely moronic foreign ministry on the planet."~~Mark Steyn's description of the US State Dept.
Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #2Gee, I wonder if Malia and Natasha had the same meal at Sidwell. I mean, after all, "He says it’s in compliance with the federal lunch rules championed by First Lady Michelle Obama.", so that would make sense. Right?
We've seen the menu at Sidwell Friends. This ain't it.
========================================================================================== By the way, I'm growing rather weary of the cheap comparisons of Obama with Neville Chamberlain. The British Prime Minister got the biggest issue of the day wrong. But no one ever doubted that he loved his country. That's why, after his eviction from Downing Street, Churchill kept him on in his ministry as Lord President of the Council, and indeed made Chamberlain part of the five-man war cabinet and had him chair it during his frequent absences.
When he [Chamberlain} died of cancer in October 1940, Churchill wept over his coffin.
So please don't insult Neville Chamberlain by comparing him to Obama. -- Mark Steyn"