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Kansas Students Stage School Lunch Boycott to Protest Federal Lunchroom Nutrition Law

Oct. 24, 2012 2:54pm
Abilene High School Students Protest Calorie Restrictions on School Lunches By Refusing to Buy

Students protesting the calorie limitations and nutrition requirements were not purchasing lunches from the school this week. (Image: Shutterstock.com)

After students have been saying “we are hungry” due to new nutrition guidelines for school lunches that limit calories and increase fruits and vegetables, a group in Abilene, Kan. participated in a three-day protest against it.

The Salina Journal reports students at Abilene Senior High School against the calorie limitations in the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, which was signed into law by the president, refused to buy school lunches, thinking it would have financial impacts that would speak louder than words.

“The biggest way to get into someone’s head is to mess with their pockets,” freshman Gehrig Geissinger said, according to the Journal.

Here’s more from the Journal on student’s thoughts regarding the lunch program protest:

Participating in the protest was no big deal for senior Kae Brown, 17. Kae, who sat in the hallway nursing a soft drink during lunch period, said she usually doesn’t buy cafeteria meals but understands the motivation behind the protest.

“People complained there wasn’t enough food before, so I can see why they throw a fit now,” she said.

[World History teacher Wendy] Sherbert said she’s proud of her students for peacefully protesting something they strongly disagree with.

“They’ve been very respectful and quiet,” she said. “This is not about food, but about control, and what role the government plays — if the government should be a substitute for parents teaching their own children.”

“Most people have been supportive of what we’re doing,” Sherbert said.

It was a recent lesson taught by Sherbert on peaceful protests that inspired the students to take action with this cause.

Even workers in the lunch room aren’t necessarily in agreement with the new regulations. The Journal reported food server Kari Beetch saying that although they’re doing what they’re told, she believes “the amount of food served should be based on the individual. Every kid needs different calories.”

Although nutrition requirements and calorie limitations have been in the spotlight from the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act lately, the act also has provisions that provide breakfasts for students who need it and also dinners and meals over summer vacation. The dinners earlier this month were featured by NBC’s Nightly News. Watch the clip:

It may seem ironic given the complaints surrounding the lunch program’s calorie limitations supposedly leaving students hungry, NBC reported in its clip that studies show students perform better when they’re well fed as reason for supporting the federally subsidized dinners.

Featured image via AP by Daniel Hulshizer.

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  • Mrs.Cee
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 8:50pm

    I’m a teacher, and the things I see with the food programs drives me crazy. The latest thing is that everyone gets free lunch for 8 years if and only if 90% of the entire student body turns in the application. They do not have to qualify, their parents can be millionaires for all they care, all they want is the piece of paper with the info filled out. So, you and I are paying for free lunch to kids carrying iPhones, wearing the latest and trendiest clothes, and driving “cool” cars. All the while we are working our butts off to put food on the table that costs us more and more each day. Oh, if I want to buy the same food the kids are eating, I have to pay $5. Not to mention the fact that I have to drive 35 miles to work every day, because teachers are not being hired in my city.

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  • BHOHG2G
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 6:55pm

    The commies have really gotten sly. They lost the arms race so now they ooze into our lives like the slime they are. A little bit here a little bit there and the stupid dullards will eventually get used to having all aspects of their lives invaded and slowly controlled. This is why I call it the “Government Zoo”. They’ve already gotten nearly half the country to sit up and beg on command. I really wonder how many would commit suicide if O told them to.

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  • bgotts27
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 6:54pm

    I used to put away TEN hotdogs with buns and “the works” during a 30-minute school lunch – and was still skinny because I was so active outside of the classroom with sports, farm chores, etc.

    I absolutely do not understand this regulation of calories at school – and then the kids go home and eat all kinds of junk food purchased with mama’s food stamps.

    But the Democrat way is treat everyone as equals, except that some are more equal than others.

    I wonder how many congressmen, senators, government officials, and the POTUS and VPOTUS are willing to eat as few calories at lunch/

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    • SwivelHeadedYinzer
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 11:45pm

      I wonder how many congressmen, senators, government officials, and the POTUS and VPOTUS are willing to eat as few calories at lunch
      —————————————————————————————————————————————
      Maybe they already do. That could be one of the reasons for the severe lack of quality work we’re seeing from our elected officals. Sadly, I feel there may be deeper, more serious issues at work here, though.

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    • Hmschlmom
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:15am

      The idea of ten hot dogs…
      (queasy)

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  • newwell
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 6:28pm

    It is absolutely ridiculous the amount of food that my grandson gets for $2.50. One day he got a hot dog, piece of fruit, & a 1/2 pint of milk. WHAT!!!! $2.50. If he doesn’t eat part of his fruit he is not allowed to go outside for recess.
    When I heard this I was furious!!! No more school lunches for him. If you have children, ask them what they are having for lunch.
    Good for these students!!!!

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  • Hero
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 6:27pm

    Let’s quit referring to them as public schools and call them what they really are…compulsory GOVERNMENT schools. Not quite as cheery to send your kids off to but more accurate.
    In England they have cameras in their garbage cans monitoring correct ‘recycle-bin’ useage (complete with fines and jail time) and the sheep there are not upset.

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  • mildot rider
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 6:10pm

    This is nothing. Wait until Americans refuse to participate in the Dark Lords unconstitutional healthcare law. Better yet wait until the commie filth tries to enact gun control…that will be rich.

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  • suz
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 6:00pm

    sometimes youth is not wasted on the young.

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  • SOUNDTHETRUMPET
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 5:20pm

    Federal control of a lunch program …unconstitutional this communism at work

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  • Johnny Cocheroo
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 4:23pm

    One group you’ll never see complaining are the wrestlers. All they need to survive the day is 119 calories and a spittle cup.

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    • 13thCousinOfTheAntiChrist
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 8:26pm

      BS!!! I was a high school wrestler, and trust me, I put food away. (I wrestled at 152 and was 5’9″) Wrestling is among the most calorie-consuming sports, and the only reason I missed dinner at home was because I was too tired after practice to stay up!

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  • Mess23
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:59pm

    Stop closing coal mines and people won’t be so poor. And thier electric bills won’t be so high…

    Duh!!! Stupid Libs

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    • Johnny Cocheroo
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 4:21pm

      Michigan voters have a proposal to mandate that 25% of all our energy comes from “Green” energy.

      Yeah baby – looks like were not going to need your dirty coal. We’re going to keep warm all winter long with wind turbines.

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 5:55pm

      Hey Johnny, but if you can afford the electric bill what sense would it make to use wind? If it costs me 1000 dollars a year more in cost then why would I want to use it? I would go with the cheapest. Coal is that cheap. But if you want to pay me electric bill then go right ahead and I will use wind power. I watched my bills go from average 90 dollars a month to 145 a month under oblowme. A vote for him is like a vote for Stalin

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    • Goobergregory
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 5:58pm

      No me Johnny! We live in MI and we are voting against this crap and if they continue down this road we will just burn tires to keep warm. Wind tubines are almost as usless as solar panels here! IDIOTS ALL!

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    • Veteran Patriot
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 6:41pm

      I would start with the tires on government electric vehicles.

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    • Young1
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 7:19pm

      Add your comments

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    • Young1
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 7:24pm

      Johnny, the other point to that is that they go in and play the fact that your town or whatever will be given 100% of your power from green sources. Fact is that once it hits the grid there is no telling where it is from coal, wind, natural gas, so while sounds good far from the real facts that while wind can help add to energy supply in limited areas and a very limited capacity they are relying on coal to sell this stupid green energy crap !!

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    • Johnny Cocheroo
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:59am

      Yeah, sorry guys. I guess I didn’t use enough sarcasm.

      I will vote to use more green energy, when it costs less than traditional energy.

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  • Government_Goodies
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:54pm

    Maybe there’s a glimmer of hope out there that kids don’t automatically leave school completely indoctrinated in liberal dogma.

    Cheers for these kids taking a stand.

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    • spirited
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 6:21pm

      Seconded!

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    • 1state2stateRedstateBluestate
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:50pm

      @ ECINOM

      You troll. you don’t have any brains if you think that the “unlimited fruits and veggies” served in the public schools are going to give kids the amount of calories they need. I know from experience, I am in a public high scool every day and all I see is kids with empty trays by the time they get to the cash register, because they ate all their food already. The school breakfast isn’t sufficient either, which adds to the anger buliding up in kids everywhere. I hear talk of scheduling a bake sale to compete with all of the non-calories in the “unlimited fruits and veggies” so kids aren’t going home hungry. Heck, they aren’t even allowed to buy non-diet sodas! This kind of government regulation cannot and will not be tolerated for much longer. You are an idiot if you think otherwise.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:49pm

    Just more of that government one size fits all problem. Hope these kids get more attention in the near future, and the local TV station needs to get video of the lunchroom boycott, along with interviews. It won’t break the government’s back, but it might just give it a black eye.
    Oh yeah, coming soon to health care too.

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    • encinom
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 4:03pm

      Yeah more conservative BS and lies on the Blaze. Of course they are not mentions that veggies and fruits are unlimited under the program. So again this is a non-issue to get the panties of the Tea Baggers all bunched up.

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    • Zipit
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 4:05pm

      Here ya go RJJ!

      http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=ETX1E__iVsE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DETX1E__iVsE

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    • Eirana
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 4:19pm

      @ENCINOM

      You obviously don’t have children or you wouldn’t make such a reply. Judging by many of your posts that’s a good thing.

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    • rudderfish
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 4:52pm

      @Encinom
      Unlimited fruits and veggies? That reminds me of a scene from the movie “Young Guns 2″.
      ….I’ve got good news and bad news….The bad new is that we’ve only got horse $hit for dinner…What’s the good news?….They’ve got tons of it.
      Encinom, you remind me of a person that constantly hits themself in the head with a hammer…..Because it feels SO GOOD when you stop.
      And btw, UNLIMITED fruits and veggies? Really? Unlimited? Ok…What if a kid asks for 3 tons of broccoli? WHAT!? I’m HUNGRY! It obviously isn’t unlimited fruits and veggies. The government WILL control how much your child eats.

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    • Cray-Z-Conservative
      Posted on October 24, 2012 at 5:31pm

      @Encinom
      You seriously don’t have a problem with the government telling you how many calories you must eat and rationing your food accordingly? It’s wrong and overstepping the government’s role in our lives. I can only imagine your outrage if a Republican government tried to tell you how much to eat of one thing or another. Childhood obesity is a problem yes, but it’s not the government’s place to try and fix it by dictating how many calories they can eat and whether or not they can have soft drinks at school. The responsibility lies on the parents, end of story.

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    • SAMADI-SOUL-CRUSHER
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:44am

      Your right unlimited fruits and veggies. My wife works part time in the cafeteria and every kid has to take a cup of each. The majority of those fruits and veggies go right in the trash.
      Also what do you think happens when the gov is buying mass amouts of fruits and veggies?
      It creates a fake market and prices go up for you and me.
      So we pay twice for fruit and veggies.
      If government control of peoples lives works so well.Why is the U.S.S.R. on the ash heap of history?

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    • zorro
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:29am

      Why are we feeding kids in schools? Don’t the parents get food stamps? And if they don’t get food stamps the students are paying for their meal, shouldn’t they be able to eat as much as they buy? How does anyone not see this as imbecilic?

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  • starman70
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:39pm

    Government control. Regiment the children. Train them to blindly follow government dictates. Train them not to question government authority. This has been the agenda for the past 60 years, in’s just becoming more obvious under the present administration.

    GOOD FOR THESE KIDS!!!! KEEP ON FIGHTING!!!! TELL OBAMA AND HIS LIBERAL LEFTIST CONTROL FREAKS TO SHOVE IT!!!!

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  • MeCpl13
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:37pm

    I work at a small elementary school where the new “healthier” lunches are being served. You wouldn’t believe how much goes into the trash. The food is not appetizing. Even the pizza is being thrown out. Kids are being required to take a fruit and a veggie, good intentions but huge waste. The principal comes in every day and tries to tell the kids to eat- she seems to think it’s too much talking preventing the kids from eating what’s on their trays, but I’ll tell you- the kids who have brought their lunches from home have no problems eating their lunches.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:36pm

    We need more teachers like Wendy Sherbert!

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  • TelepromoterNChief
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:34pm

    I hope that this becomes a trend across the country.
    If the schools try to deny, limit or “inspect” what can be brought from home, even more problems will befall those schools and their EVIL agendas.

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  • BasketFullOfPuppies
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:33pm

    As for the NBC “News” report, if they tell you the sky is blue, please take a look outside to make sure they haven’t edited the report.

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  • TelepromoterNChief
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:32pm

    I love it.
    Extend the protest indefinitely.
    Bring your own lunches. Too easy.
    If the school tries to prevent kids from bringing their lunches to school, a whole ****storm of problems will come down on that school.

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    • Coolstorybro14
      Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:00am

      We are not going against the school. The school is in on it. This is not in any way shape or form an act of disobedience to the AHS cafeteria..

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:22pm

    Big government wants to be a nanny and it is about like blackmail….. eat what I give you or else u can’t have your taxpayers money back for food

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  • Jenasus
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:09pm

    Students are waking up to. The government wants you to eat the GMO food that is fed to you in the schools that will make you infertile and kill you over time.
    Do not comply with anything the government forces you to do.

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  • Cavallo
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:05pm

    They will starve your children. By the way, it is much easier to brainwash someone when they are hungry, thirsty, and tired. Best to private, or home school your children, if you have any means to do so. The public education system in the United States is bottom rung. It is a jobs program for under educated and over entitled government employees.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:04pm

    Come on kids don’t you know the Marxist regime currently ruling you just has your interests at heart?
    They don’t think you or your parents are smart enough to give you the ‘right’ kinds of foods and the regime is simply saving you from your parents stupidity. HEIL OBAMA destroyer of worlds.

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  • CatB
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:03pm

    Good .. I hope the boycott spreads across the country … they are paying more for less food … Obamaeconomics.

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  • momrules
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 3:02pm

    Good for these kids. Starve the pocketbooks of the government food police. Bring your lunch, bring two lunches and share with others but DO NOT give in to the Michelle Obama, nanny state,out of control government.

    And parents……….Support and defend your kids. Take your schools back!

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    • Coolstorybro14
      Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:58pm

      I am a student participating in this protest. Our school is going to continue this for the rest of the school year. :) Your positive comments are greatly appreciated.

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  • huey6367
    Posted on October 24, 2012 at 2:57pm

    If they don’t eat the food then there will be that much additional education funding.

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