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Councilors demand joint review and site visits after parents report children skip school lunches
Summary
Councilors urged a joint meeting with the school committee and operations staff to examine food quality complaints, reinstatement of onsite meal preparation, and tours of the culinary and nutrition center after multiple parents reported children coming home hungry.
Councilors on the Springfield City Council finance committee said they have received repeated constituent complaints that students are not eating school lunches and requested a focused review of food quality and distribution practices.
Council Chair Zeta Goen said parents tell her "the kids aren't eating the food," and asked the committee to convene operations staff and school production managers so the council can probe reheating practices and meal temperature at schools.…
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