Another Stupid, Wasteful Gov't Program

From CCPO TV 33 News:

Healthier choices will soon be coming to school lunchrooms, after federal officials signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on Monday.
At least one Ozarks school district says the requirements are unfair.
Nixa, Missouri schools superintendent Stephen Kleinsmith says this program would cost his district $150,000 annually. It's money he claims will go right in the trash can.
For three years, Jean Gray has been spooning out lunch at Nixa's Century Elementary.
"These are new potatoes, these are good," says Gray to one kindergartender who wrinkled her nose at the mashed potatoes.
Wednesday was chicken patty day, a favorite of Nixa students.

"The chicken patty tastes like chicken," says kindergartener Chase Kolstad.

Chicken patties are one of Kolstad's favorites, second only to pizza, but he likes his veggies, too.
That's a good thing, now that Nixa, along with all U.S. schools, will soon be serving more vegetables.
Monday, President Barack Obama signed a federal mandate, requiring schools to serve healthier lunches.
"When school meals are sometimes the only source of nourishment for so many kids, we have an obligation to make sure that those meals are as nutritious as possible," said First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday.
"The premise behind it is wonderful, but there's only so much we at the local school can do without the extra money," says Jennifer Chastain, principal of Century Elementary.
Nixa says, with the new requirements, each lunch will cost the district 25-cents more, on average. The program only reimburses 6-cents per lunch.
And, now, the vegetables often end up in the trash.