do your children pack lunches for school or eat the school lunches?

My children always have a packed lunch. I maske the sarnies for them and then help them pack the rest, cake and three fruits. School dinners are good value for money but when you times it by three children then it costs a lot. I can pack them up for a lot less money which is good and I also know waht they have eaten as they bring the left overs home.

I live in a very small town with a grade school and a high school that has the middle school attached to it. My kids have always had school lunches(and had very few complaints), with the occasional random sack lunch. I think it depends on the school, the budget, and the nutrition guidelines. Recently, they took white bread off the menu at our schools. There is always a fresh salad bar, the food is prepared fresh, they get milk or juice for drink choice, and the dessert is usually close to healthy. I like to go have lunch on 'teriyaki dippers' day. I also go on the day they have the Thanksgiving lunch. My oldest is now a Freshman so he's at the high school, I have one at the middle school, and I still have one at the grade school. So far, my kids still like lunch. I, on the other hand, clearly remember grade school lunch, and it was usually gross in some way. Middle school was better, I ate a lot of nachos, and high school was off campus, we hit a lot of drive-thru's.