Montgomery County School Menus, Nov. 19 to 23
A rundown of what MCPS is serving to students this week.
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What's for lunch?
This week's menu for Montgomery County Public Schools' elementary school cafeterias is listed below.
Visit the full menu for calorie information.
The menu for Head Start and pre-kindergarten students varies slightly from the elementary school menu.
Visit the MCPS website for middle school lunch, high school lunch and middle and high school breakfast offerings through November.
| Day | Breakfast | Lunch |
| Daily | assorted fresh fruit, milk (1 percent or fat-free) |
assorted fresh fruit, milk (1 percent or fat-free) |
| Monday, Nov. 19 | whole-grain French toast sticks and orange juice | chicken nuggets with tater tots or whole-grain grilled-cheese sandwich with french fries; celery sticks |
| Tuesday, Nov. 20 | whole-grain pancakes | spicy chicken patty sandwich with seasoned potatoes or whole-grain pancakes with yogurt; red pepper strips, grape tomatoes |
| Wednesday, Nov. 21 | egg-and-cheese wrap and orange juice | cheese or pepperoni whole-grain personal pizza or hot dog with green beans; hummus, celery sticks |
| Thursday, Nov. 22 | No school. | No school. |
| Friday, Nov. 23 | No school. | No school. |
Derek Hale
7:40 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
Can I ask in any way is this lunch menu being more "nutritious" for our children?
- Chicken nuggets
- Chicken patty sandwich (does not say fried or grilled)
- Hot dog
- Pizza
The breakfasts sound somewhat decent but I'm thinking the lunches if they including a small amount of celeray sticks, green beans, grapes, etc. are probably NOT being eaten by children.
Not being a parent - can one chime in here - do the weekly menus from MCPS show the calorie count, the fat %, the sodium %?
Laura L Thornton
7:43 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
They do have the calorie counts: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/foodserv/menus/pdf/eng_elem_nov.pdf. As a vegan, I often look at the menus in terms of what is there for vegans/vegetarians. Some days look a little hit-or-miss, so if I was a parent, I'd probably look at the menus carefully, and plan for bag lunches around them. But, that's only speculation, since I'm not a parent...