It is sickening that the prisonsers get better lunches than the children --- However, my step-son and step-daughter-in-law complained when the pre-school their kids attended were having apples slices as snacks for the kids. They said the kids didn't like them and they petitioned the school along with other ignorant parents to subsititue fruity roll-ups and other sugary items for the healthy items the school was trying to serve.

Schools should server healthy meals but I also agree with the parent who said he dropped cable and drove an inexpensive used car to send his kids to private schools. It all comes down to supply and demand. If the parents want goodies for themselves, then the kids get shafted (at home and school) because the money goes to the parents enjoyment. If the parents thought of the kids they would either cut back and on luxuries and sent a healthy bagged lunch to school, lobby the schools for healthy lunches or best of all - send their kids to private schools. Then the public schools would lose student head count, the crappy union teachers would lose their jobs and the public's demand for proper education and treatment of the kids would win out.