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Healthier meals served at pricier LI private schools

Typical lunchtime fare includes quinoa, bean cakes, Swiss chard, fresh beets, tofu, tempeh, kimchee.

There are no sloppy joes. Hamburgers are served only three times a year during field days, and the beef is organic.

Private schools such as the Ross School in East Hampton don't operate under the same cost constraints public schools face when attempting to serve healthy food, allowing...

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