Complaints about moldy and undercooked food were issued to the school district through Twitter directly from these students who say they have not heard a response from the school system.
– Students attending Prince George’s County Public Schools are complaining about some disgusting discoveries in the school cafeteria.
Researchers reportedly found that students that were strapped for time went straight to eating fruit because they were “trying to rush through the lunch line to maximize their amount of time to eat”.
“Many students, especially those who come from low-income families, depend on school meals”. The researchers wanted to examine the effect of lunch period length on students’ food choices and intake.
“Criminals are getting better food than we are”, Tamera Perry, a senior at Friendly High School in Fort Washington, told FOX 5.
‘You’re giving us something that’s not healthy, that can possible cause us to die and it’s just unacceptable’.
A school lunch menu for Friday, September 11 at Friendly included “Rojo Fiesta Pizza”.
A school spokesperson wrote in a statement to FOX 5 saying PGCPS can not confirm the origin of the photo circulating on social media and encouraged anyone with concerns regarding lunches to contact the district’s Food and Nutrition Services.
Perry said the “Rojo Fiesta Pizza” she received looked bad and tasted worse, and it wasn’t the first time. How much time do your children have for lunch and how much are they eating?
“I’ve gotten lunch where my mandarin orange has mold on it”, said Perry. There were pictures of uncooked hamburgers, hollow chicken nuggets and spotty food.
She also said that the school district raised the price of lunches to three dollars. “Yes, all of those pictures are not from Prince George’s County Public Schools”. ‘We’re paying $3 for something that’s not edible, not organic and it’s not healthy.
“Every school day the National School Lunch Program helps to feed over 30 million children in 100,000 schools across the USA, yet little research has been done in this field”, said Rimm.
Students in the group that had no more than 20 minutes to put away their lunches ate about 13 percent less of their entrees than the group with 25 minutes or more, the researchers found.