He's old enough to pack his own lunch.

That said, this is pretty stupid. I'm female and 5'3". Why would I need a full 850 calories for lunch every day? (well, actually, I did when I did intense exercise. Remember the Taco Belle Grande at Taco Bell? I once ate 4 of them in one sitting after a lot of exercise, and I've never exceeded 115 in my life).

But a 6'3" football player? It's obvious that a guy that size is going to need to eat a huge quantity of food to keep up with his physical activities. The whole point of school lunch is to make sure kids aren't malnourished.

They ought to let kids like that go through the line as many times as they need to (and not charge them extra) to get full. I'm sure there is probably a lot of waste anyway, why not let the kids in athletics programs eat as much as they need to?

Not all metabolisms are created equal. I applaud them offering more healthy choices of food, but you have to make sure there is plenty of quantity to go along with quality. People who exercise or that just naturally have higher metabolisms are going to require more food than sedentary or people with slower metabolisms. There is nothing wrong with allowing a kid to have more than one container of milk or another container of orange juice.

maybe they need to up the amount reimbursed? I just can't imagine letting a huge kid go hungry when there is still plenty of food that might be wasted if it isn't eaten.

article states, they are asking local districts to charge more.