The Washington Post reports that sugary milk drinks will be banned in DC public schools. Apparently the kids drink chocolate and strawberry milk instead of regular milk. They even put it on their cereal for breakfast, which sounds quite revolting.
Where kinds once had the option of chocolate or strawberry, now they'll choose 1 percent or skim.
The milk changes start a week from today, when summer school opens.
And this fall, further changes may be in order. DCPS spokeswoman Jennifer Calloway says the system's "goal for this upcoming school year is to serve cereals with six grams of sugar or less."
"We will be taste testing low-sugar cereals, as well as other nutritious breakfast and lunch items, this summer to determine which breakfast options are both healthy and appetizing to serve to our students," she writes in an e-mail.
The changes are part of a first wave of reforms heralding a new awareness of the poor quality of school lunches here.
That's a good change. Somehow we have a feeling that the program still has a long way to go. As Jamie Oliver's recent tv series demonstrated, this is not going to be an easy process.
