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Nachos for lunch every day at CPS schools

Nachos for lunch every day at CPS schools

chicagotribune.com - 23 weeks ago - 261 views

Tribune food writer Monica Eng looks at CPS school lunches and the national effort to improve kids' health, pointing out that making nachos available every day might not be a great idea in a district that serves neighborhoods where childhood obesity rates are over twice the national average.

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In Chicago elementary schools, nachos are second only to cheese pizza in meals served, despite being offered only half as often. In high schools, nachos are also No. 2, just behind chicken patty sandwiches.

My schools' lunch menu from middle school to high school match the description above to a t.

Sounds just like my elementary and high school days, but all the food was bad. We used to count how many napkins the grease from the cheese pizza could turn clear.

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