Family Outraged Over Daughter’s School Lunch (Photo)

An Oklahoma teen and her family are outraged about the “Munchable” meal students in Chickasha are fed every Monday, which only includes loose pieces of lunch meat, two crackers, one slice of cheese and two pieces of cauliflower.

“It makes me want to take that to the superintendent and tell him to eat it for lunch,” Chickasha High School student Kaytlin Shelton told OKC Fox.

“I can go pay a dollar for a Lunchable and get more food in it,” said Kaytlin’s father, Vince Holton. “Schools are responsible for children while they’re at school, they’re responsible for feeding the children.”

In addition to the food that Shelton had in her own lunch, milk, beans and pears are also available to eat on “Munchable” Mondays.

However, School Superintendent David Cash stated: “You’ve got in some cases little kids that their only two meals are breakfast and lunch at school and they’re getting you know a grand total of 1100 calories. That’s not enough.”

“These regulations were put into effect two years ago, and we’re still struggling with them,” Asst. State Superintendent for Child Nutrition, Joanie Hildenbrand, said.

Administrators think that as a result of federal regulations limiting calorie and fat intake, kids are going through the day hungry.

“I know they are,” Cash said. “There is no doubt about that. My own kid comes home, and the first thing he does is raid the refrigerator.”

The school is reportedly now looking into whether the Munchable is a sufficient food option for growing kids.

Sources: The Lost Ogle, OKC Fox / Photo credit: OKC Fox via Daily Mail