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Parent urges healthier school breakfasts and lunches, citing sugar and processing concerns
Summary
A Kennewick parent urged the board to continue a pilot to reduce processed foods and sugar in school meals, citing concerns about preservatives, dyes, palm oil and chocolate milk sugar content.
During the meeting’s public-comment portion, a parent raised concerns about the nutritional quality of school-provided breakfasts and lunches and encouraged the district to continue efforts to reduce processed foods and added sugars.
Leanne Purcell, a parent of a fourth grader and a seventh grader in the district, told the board she had previously discussed school meals with Mr. Valentine and praised a summer pilot the district ran after that…
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