vegetarian discrimination?

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I'm having a problem which I would like your input on. My son has

been attending a Pre-K program where they serve breakfast and lunch.

My son has been vegetarian from birth, and when I enrolled him in

this program I thought he could just bring his own vegetarian lunch.

Well, first day of school I found out he couldn't because the food

program there is federally/state-funded and it's against the rules to

bring your own food. So I'm like, " well, what's he going to eat; most

of the lunches you serve are meat-based? " I was told they would have

some vegetarian options, like PB & J sandwiches, cheese pizza,

grilled cheese sandwiches and yogurt. Not the healthful kind, mind

you, but for a few months I went along with this, until I found out

my son was being served pizza almost every day. He told me he was

getting sick of eating pizza for lunch (who wouldn't!) so I

complained. Again, I'm being told they're going to have some more

vegetarian options. Two weeks later nothing has changed so I

complained again and this time I got permission for him to bring his

own home-made (and much healthier)vegetarian lunch, however, it

couldn't be anything that had to be heated up because they didn't

have a microwave. So he's pretty much stuck with sandwiches, while

the meat-eating kids get hot lunches. Fortunately, the food serving

person was very accommodating and told me there was a microwave in

another part of the buidling in which she could heat his vegetarian

lunch. She managed to do this a few times until they found out and

now she can't do this anymore. I feel he's being discriminated

against for being a vegetarian, and I'm really P...ed with the

administrators. Sure, we got permission for him to bring in his own

vegetarian lunch, but it can't be anything that has to be heated

while the meat-eating kids can have hot lunches! What do you think?

Is this discrimination or what?

Carina