While Splirks is getting 10,000 calories at lunch, the children go hungry.
Go figure.....
'WE ARE HUNGRY'...
'THIS DOESN'T CUT IT'...
STUDENTS BEG IN VIDEO...
WASTED FOOD...
School lunch calorie limits leave bitter taste with some Kansas studentsSuzanne Perez Tobias | Wichita Eagle
Some Kansas students and at least one political leader say new school lunch guidelines aimed at limiting calories and encouraging good nutrition are having an unintended consequence:
Hungry kids.
“Here we are in the Wheat State … and I’ve heard some very sad stories recently about school lunches,†said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler.
One was from Wallace County High School in Sharon Springs, where students and teachers created a YouTube parody, “We Are Hungry,†that blasts the new calorie guidelines:
Give me some seconds
I need to get some food today
My friends are at the corner store
Getting junk so they don’t waste away …
The video, based on the Fun. hit “We Are Young,†shows students staring woefully at lunch trays, stuffing lockers with junk food, collapsing during volleyball practice and crawling on the ground in exhaustion.
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