The Drought Is Over At L.A. Schools. For Chocolate Milk, Anyway
October 19, 2016 | 1 min to read
After a five-year drought, chocolate and strawberry milk are making their way back into public school lunchrooms in Los Angeles.
With a vote of 6 to 1, the Los Angeles Unified School District Tuesday loosened a district-wide ban on sugary, flavored milk that took effect in 2011. The board approved a pilot program to study the effects of reintroducing flavored milk in a small group of schools, all of which must volunteer to take part in the experiment.
It is not that board members believe children aren’t consuming enough sugar. Rather, the decision to re-examine milk offerings stemmed from concern that the district is throwing out an obscene amount of food — 600 tons of organic waste each day, according to a 2015 district study.
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