STUDENTS SHOULD ALL RALLY AND WRITE TO STATE REPRESANTATIVE'S AND MICHELE OBUMA WHO CAUSED ALL THIS.... LEAVE THE CAFETERIA FOOD SERVICE PEOPLE ALONE IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT!!! ALL STUDENTS SHOULD GO PROTEST IN WASHINGTON DC!!!!!!

Federal, not state, representatives need to be contacted, like Senator Lautenberg (remember him, he initiated nationwide smoking ban on airplanes and nationwide move to lower drunk driving thresholds - he will probably not be sympathetic to this problem since he advocates imposing nationwide controls) or Senator Menendez (remember him, he is up for re-election this year. Let's make it an election issue! Bet he will agree with your plight but do nothing to introduce legislation in Washington to make a change) or Rep. Frelinghuysen.

Let our kids get as fat as they want. Then they will really look great and needs lots of expensive health care. Bag lunches, if packed properly, can be great. And you could always turn down those FREE federal funds if you don't like -- but your town never will.

Healthy eating can stabilize our children's energy and sharpen their minds! This new program is working great at the elementary school level, instilling healthy eating habits. Obesity is a major problem in America. A great number of our youth are already obese. Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain snacks, water and fruit juices give our children the best opportunity to grow into healthy, confident adults. The problem here is that our high school students are used to pizza, french fries, bagels, chicken nuggets, cookies and potato chips,.....all of which they have developed a natural preference for. Unfortunately, these are all empty calorie foods high in fat, sodium, and sugar! I feel for these students having a hard time transitioning but I think our schools should be role models for healthy eating.

TANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Federal funds always involve federal strings attached. The federal government has no business being involved in our local school lunch program, or in our local schools at all. If elected to the US Senate (I am running as the Libertarian Party candidate), I would introduce legislation to abolish the Department of Education at the federal level.

"I want subsidized lunches, but I want anything I want!!!"

Forcing children to eat something they don't want is hard enough to do as a parent. Thanks to our tyrannical government, we have to give our children food that they simply throw into the trash. I see it everyday at the elementary level. STOP WASTING MY TAX DOLLARS.

ISN'T THE MONEY WE AS PARENTS PAID FOR LUNCH GO DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF ED? SO MR SEITZ WHY NOT GET ALL THE KIDS ON A BUS(USING UR BIG SALERY TO PAY FOR THE BUSES) AND PROTEST HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE NEW HEALTHY HUNGER FREE ACT AT THE WHITE HOUSE.. SHOW MICHELE OBUMA HOW HER IDEA MAKES THEY KIDS MAD AND STILL HUNGRY!!!

IF YOU READ WHERE I STATED THAT SEITZ PAY FOR IT IT'S NOT FREE BUSES AND WHY NOT LET HIM PAY FOR IT SINCE HE'S MAKING SUCH A BIG SALERY AND ONE THAT COST THE SCHOOLS GOVERMENT GRANT MONEY NOT TO LONG AGO!!!!!!

Of course I read your statement about Dr. Seitz's salary but I ignored your contemptuous comment. You are changing the subject once again. We do not want socialism. I am sick of food regulations by our government. I had soda machines and junk food in the schools that I went to yet I didn't buy it everyday. I was taught self control at home. I knew the value of a dollar too. There are far too many real issues in this country that need to be address.

I also see elementary school students...including kindergartners...throwing away the fruits and veggies they have to take. I say everyone bring their own lunch.

YEAH THEY WOULD THROW AWAY THE VEGGIES AND FRUITS SINCE SOME PARENTS OUT THERE NEVER BUY THEM!!!! BY READ ALL YOUR COMMENTS I CAN TELL YOUR HOMES MUST BE FILLED WITH TONS OF JUNK FOODS!!! AND AS FOR SELF CONTROL TAUGHT AT HOME WELL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK THE NEXT TIME YOUR AT THE SUPER MARKET AND WATCH HOW FILLED THE CARTS ARE- OVER 50% IS FILLED WITH JUNK FOOD PRE PACKAGED FOODS FROZEN DINNER AND HIGH CAL DRINKS NO SIGN OF FRESH FRUITS OR VEGGIES!!! .. AS PARENTS YOU ARE TO BE YOUR KIDS ROLE MODEL!!!!

It's the new American way, let one person dictate what the kids will eat.

OH COME ON ROSETTA LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY JUNK FOOD IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD... THERE ISN'T A HOME OUT THERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE AT LEAST ONE ITEM WHICH THEY WOULD NEVER CALL JUNK FOOD BUT IN THE REAL WORLD IT IS HAHA

HEY KIDS GO TAKE UR POINT TO THE WHITE HOUSE JUST LIKE EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO EXPRESS THEIR POINT!!! MAKE PROTEST SIGNS, MARCH IN ONE GREAT BIG CIRCLE!!! A BIG PORTION OF MY TAXES GOES TO THE SCHOOLS

What we need is for more kids to take up the cause across the nation. To get the point across. My kids shouldn't have to pay more for less(no fruit or veggies means higher lunch prices). My kids eat fruit and veggies on a regular basis why should they be penalized for making an INDIVIDUAL choice. Has Anyone thought about the smaller sized kids??? My kids tell me the food has lost flavor and prices have increased. As for bringing lunch. Milk tends to get sour and if you send a hot lunch it tends to get cold. Last year my 8th grader came home happy because he enjoyed lunch and my 6th grader couldn't wait to get to middle school because he was looking forward to better lunch options than the intermediate school offered. Now I get grumpy kids ransacking the fridge and pantry when they get home!

WELL AS PARENTS WE ALL NEED TO ADDRESS THIS TO MICHELE OBUMA WHO'S BRIGHT IDEA WAS FOR THE GOVERMENT TO CONTROL WHAT OUR KIDS EAT!!!! I FOR ONE HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS TO GET RID OF THIS STUPID #$@%^# HEALHTY HUNGRY FREE PROGRAM!!!! FOOD COST HAS GONE UP ALONG WITH GAS PRICES ALL CONTROLLED BY THE PEOPLE WE PUT IN OFFICE!!!!! BROWN BAGGING OR BUYING LUNCH IT ALL COST ALOT AND OUR PAYCHECKS NEVER SEEMS TO NEVER GET BIGGER!

Kids should not be allowed to bring in cupcakes for their birthday or they'll wind up as fat as Oprah. The school should require only birthday organic granola bars. I know it's a total bitch getting candles in granola bars but maybe the janitor has a cordless drill.