Pre-school lunches and negotiating with staff

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

I have another questions related to my family's recent move.  I will be

enrolling my son in a new preschool and like most things about it, except for

their food menu.  I discussed this with the school's director and she was very

accommodating about me bringing in alternate food for my veggie son and was even

open to my suggestions for their menu in general.  I explained that I really

only like to give him fresh produce--and organic if I can afford it.  She said

that would be great, but they are a non-profit org (little money for this) and

also have to follow the state food program guidelines for nutritional content. 

My issue is that (in looking at the sample menu) they have things like pop-tarts

(!!!) for snack and juice almost every day (my son doesn't even like juice--he's

really never had it).  I would love to hear from any parents who have had

success with 1.) sending substitute foods with their child (and learning how to

help their child be

OK with having something different) or 2.) helping a childcare facility change

their menu to accommodate some of the things that come up on this listserve (I

loved the discussion of juice-substitutes).

 

Thank you for any ideas people might have!

 

Sarah Fraley