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Resident urges Sioux Falls School District to add 'sugar budget' to meal viewer, recommends propaganda curriculum
Summary
At a school board meeting, Chad Bishop asked the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 to track added sugar in school meals with an easy 'sugar budget' indicator in the district MealViewer tool and to expand social-studies instruction on propaganda; the request was made during public comment and drew no formal board action.
Chad Bishop, a Sioux Falls resident, asked the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 Board of Education during the public-comment period to introduce a visible "sugar budget" for school meals and to expand social-studies curriculum for juniors and seniors.
Bishop said the district's posted menus can show total sugar but do not separate added sugar, which prevents families and researchers from measuring whether meals meet public-health guidelines. "It includes a Trix breakfast kit, pineapple cup, and chocolate milk," Bishop said, pointing to a first-day example that he said contained "59 grams…
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