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Aramark Serving Pop Tarts as "First Class Breakfast" PDF Print E-mail

In Houston, HISD ARMARK is rolling out a new program called "First Class Breakfast," which delivers a breakfast each morning to every child in the District in an atempt to have them ready to study and learn.

Like many ideas, it seems great in theory, but so far in HISD the theory is working just about a well as the theory that Wall Street doesn't need to be regulated.

This morning the number one breakfast item for the “First Class Breakfast” was a Pop Tart.

The Executive Director of Operations for the HISD/ARMARK Food Service Department said, "When I was a kid, if I could have a Pop Tart in the morning, I was one happy kid."

Happy children is an important concept, yet the science of nutrition should come first when serving foods that will enhance our children's ability to learn.

It also seems odd that the very people, the HISD School Board, who control what our children eat for breakfast seem to think it’s OK to feed the multitudes Pop Tarts while their own kids in HISD all have a well-rounded, home-cooked breakfast.

Just like Wall Street profits and bonuses, an unregulated ARAMARK will feed our children anything they can to make a profit regardless of the nutritional value of the food.

Breakfast is important for our children each morning, and we should make sure every child starts the day with a full stomach. Yet what is in that stomach is also important, and it should not be food with an overabundance of sugar.