Amos Elementary fourth-grader Parker knows what he likes when it comes to food.
鈥淭he French fries were too spicy,鈥 Parker said. 鈥淭he other two were too bland. They tasted just like potatoes.鈥
Classmate Jose is also a food critic of sorts. He was rather vocal when it comes to nacho cheese.
鈥淭he one that鈥檚 blue is too chunky,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he green one was way better.鈥
What are the students talking about?
Potential lunch options for the 色窝窝无码一区二区三区 in the future.
The fourth graders from Amos are just one of the schools that recently visited the food and nutrition services building to give their opinions on the kind of food that鈥檚 on the menu for school lunches.
Chicken patties to broccoli
The school field trip was the idea of food and nutrition services director David Lewis, who heard some students鈥 opinions when he was visiting a campus.
While adults may hold back on their opinions, that鈥檚 not the case with students. There was a wall for them to say what they like, what they don鈥檛 like and what they鈥檇 like to see.
It鈥檚 all valuable input for Lewis.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e helping us with our bid,鈥 Lewis said. 鈥淲e get samples from various manufacturers and then we have to compare them to decide what we want to serve. They鈥檙e making that decision for us. They give us lots of different ideas, things they like and things they have at school that have to go. We want to know what they鈥檙e eating at home, what they鈥檙e eating at restaurants.鈥
The students aren鈥檛 the only ones participating in the field trip, either. Teachers get to voice their opinions, too. They love the idea that students get to have a voice.
鈥淭heir feedback matters,鈥 said Amos teacher Kara Reyna. 鈥淭hey have been so excited about this trip. This is a real-world opportunity to see how their opinion matters.鈥
If opinions matter, then Jose has a hot one he wanted to share. His favorite restaurant is Olive Garden and his favorite food is lasagna. While he enjoys eating out, he鈥檚 also a big fan of the lasagna students get at school. He hopes there are no changes to that menu item.
鈥淚t鈥檚 really good,鈥 he said. 鈥淓ven the teachers eat the lasagna.鈥
鈥淭he French fries were too spicy,鈥 Parker said. 鈥淭he other two were too bland. They tasted just like potatoes.鈥
With the district in the process of bidding out food for the upcoming school year, Lewis wanted to give students a chance to play a role in the process. That鈥檚 why schools like Amos made the trip. Amos students took taste tests on everything from chicken patties to nacho cheese. Plus, they got to tour the building and get a lesson on nutrition. They even ate broccoli!