Parents have feelings about a lack of variety in their kids\u2019 lunches \u2013 critically, fewer choices may mean fewer kids eating<\/p>\n
When LaToya Jordan first heard the news, she couldn\u2019t believe it. Due to budget cuts, a number of popular school lunch options \u2013 chicken dumplings, bean-and-cheese burritos, cookies \u2013 would disappear from New York City public schools in February.<\/p>\n
Jordan, a writer whose two children attend public school in Brooklyn, knew that both of her kids were fans of the burritos and her son loves the cookies, too. She immediately texted her mom-friends with the news.<\/p>\n
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