"I am interested in incrementally changing the face of school lunch, one food group at a time. Like the Neighborhood Centers in Johnson County, I would like to see all white grain items switched to wheat. Secondly, I would like to see the canned, high fructose corn syrup items eliminated and replaced with fresh/frozen. And then all items with transfat need to be replaced with their non-transfat choice for example, peanut butters, corn dogs, and the frozen chicken/meat entrees. Through these changes, it seems reasonable to provide hormone free milk for our children. These changes would take very little change in the current system but would take financial planning. "

"I am interested in incrementally changing the face of school lunch, one food group at a time. Like the Neighborhood Centers in Johnson County, I would like to see all white grain items switched to wheat. Secondly, I would like to see the canned, high fructose corn syrup items eliminated and replaced with fresh/frozen. And then all items with transfat need to be replaced with their non-transfat choice for example, peanut butters, corn dogs, and the frozen chicken/meat entrees. Through these changes, it seems reasonable to provide hormone free milk for our children. These changes would take very little change in the current system but would take financial planning. "

"I also don't see a problem with chocolate and strawberry milk--at least it's milk. I applaud the changes being proposed but think that they need to be done gradually and focus on nutrition first and humane practices later (cage free eggs for example). I would like to see more unbreaded main entrees and no snacks (nachos, etc) offered at all."

"I agree with these ideas. Here are my priorities: Fresh vegetables/ fruits (some canned in 100% juice/ water okay);greatly reduce toward elimination the transfat; hormone-free milk. I agree that a move toward higher fiber/ protein in grain category is important and valid. I have noticed that some white breads are nearly as fibrous and enriched as some wheat, and some whole grain wheats contain a lot of high fructose so I think this guideline would need to be specific and well-developed. I agree with the note below about requiring healthy sides to make it to the plate-- as it is paid for and will be waste for certain when not chosen. I think strawberry milk should not be a choice b/c of its high sugar content-- but chocolate milk contents are different and acceptable. Finally, I think teachers/ parents shoud be encouraged and supported in giving healthy rewards, but recognize that a small piece of candy periodically may be the variety in reward which is meaningful to some children. I don't support getting heavy-handed over that with teachers, nor with birthday treats and creating classroom prohibitions at this point."