Johnny0 from Burrito Justice has the scoop on some injustice regarding taco trucks and Mission District high schools:
The drama increases — apparently the sups passed a law banning “mobile food establishments” to enforce a “wellness policy” to protect school lunch programs. Except that…
- only seniors can go off campus for lunch
- NO students were actually going to the truck
- the principal *did* go to the truck for lunch
- the SEIU is involved
- I somehow doubt school lunches have improved much from my memories of Reagan-era “ketchup is a vegetable”, mountains of gov’t cheese and “pizza day”…
Link. Oh snap! If the principal knows what’s up, then…
Caroline Grannan is a very vocal public school advocate, who is very good at getting under people’s skin. I don’t agree with her on much of anything (including this), but for context she is a starting point to see how this came out of the SFUSD’s “Wellness” policy.
Not too surprising to see the SEIU get involved, as I believe they are the bargaining unit for the SFUSD cafeteria workers. You know, “their” students are being stolen by “Big Taco.”
http://sf.eater.com/archives/2008/08/28/taco_truck_apparently_corrupts_children_deemed_illegal.php
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Update — missionloc@l has a poll on the taco truck!
“Should the Taco Truck Stay within 1500 Feet of John O’Connell?”
http://missionlocal.org/2008/10/taco-troubles/
http://burritojustice.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/taco-truck-poll-should-it-stay-or-should-it-go/
Viva La Tacolución!