Kids Are Boycotting School Lunches They Say Are Worse Than Prison Food

Kids Are Boycotting School Lunches They Say Are Worse Than Prison Food
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Rotten pears, burned pizza, and fat-filled chicken patties and burgers. Those are just some of the unappetizing, often unhealthy lunch items being served to teens at Roosevelt High School on Chicago’s Northwest Side—and some of the students have had enough. Starting Wednesday, they plan to boycott the gross cafeteria food, and they have launched a petition demanding that lunch offerings be improved.

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