You mean mystery meat isn't a health food? This fellow made me say that.

Actually, I used to have to eat several lunches a week at various schools (foster care caseworker visiting kids) The food was pretty awful - very starchy and greasy. Meats were stretched with the addition of bread, pasta, etc. and the veggies appeared to have been tortured into submission - and in some cases - creamated. It would have been impossible to eat my current WOE from school lunches.

I have to agree with Angeline - vegan options would be an improvement given the fact that the kids are getting tons of carbs in that food - their high carb diet would allow the saturated fats and trans-fats to do the maximum damage. Vegan choices would be likely be lower in at least saturated fats.