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Key findings on Long Island school lunch menus

Newsday examined hundreds of Long Island school lunch menus, budgets and vending machine contracts and spoke to dozens of school food professionals and leaders. The findings:

NO MONEY. Although they get some federal and state reimbursements, school food programs get virtually no financial support from the local taxes residents pay.

FATTY FOODS. Long Island's public schools serve more...

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