Do they even eat at school? At Comenius, they can choose from three main dishes and even ask for seconds! And that\u2019s just the beginning\u2026 \u2022 #gyereacomeniusba<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parents\u2019 real fear is that their child barely eats\u2014or doesn\u2019t eat at all\u2014at school. They rush home, starving, straight to the fridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s start at the beginning: the root causes of Hungary\u2019s school\u2010meal funding system, which has deep flaws that have done generations of damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By law, children who qualify for state meal subsidies get breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack at half\u2010price. However, that subsidy is capped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pause for a reality check: does that mean a state school\u2019s meal price can be at most double the subsidy amount?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exactly! As chair of the city finance committee for six years, I heard that every meeting\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other words, schools cannot cook with a higher per\u2010meal budget. If they did, the extra cost would have to come from the municipal budget to top up the subsidy for needy families!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone understands the financial dilemma\u2014I needn\u2019t discuss it further\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what do kids actually eat? Whatever fits into that minimal budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let me illustrate today\u2019s Hungarian canteen poverty through soup examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBreaded soup,\u201d \u201cegg soup,\u201d \u201cragout soup,\u201d \u201cplain soup,\u201d \u201ccaraway soup,\u201d \u201cgarlic soup.\u201d Our language is wonderfully rich, yet these soups lack both flavor and variety. In reality, they\u2019re just watered\u2010down, powdered soups,\u00a0<\/em> with discounted and over cooked vegetable cubes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only thing kids might actually enjoy is the sweet and sour tomato soup with letter pasta\u2014so they can spell cheeky little words before they slurp them up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But what about meals at COMENIUS?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our school has its OWN KITCHEN, where fresh dishes are prepared daily. Students can CHOOSE from three main courses every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our ingredient budget is far higher than the state canteen\u2019s. Yes, it shows in the prices\u2014but which parent wouldn\u2019t happily pay for high quality, tasty meals, with multiple options and the chance for seconds?! Our chef creates the menu based on children\u2019s age and flavor preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By following the Finnish model, we\u2019ll launch a self serve school canteen soon: kids will serve themselves from hot food stations, and a salad bar will offer fresh veggies (carrots, kohlrabi, etc.). They can go back for seconds as often as they like, and they\u2019ll be responsible for discarding any leftovers\u2014our concept teaches both independence and how to avoid food waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No child ever goes home hungry from our happy school!<\/p>\n\n\n\n DON\u2019T FIT IN THE BOX? #hanemf\u00e9rszbeleadobozba; #gyereacomeniusba<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c9s egy\u00e1ltal\u00e1n eszik a gyerek a suliban?<\/p>\n Igen, a Comeniusban 3 f\u0151\u00e9tel k\u00f6z\u00fcl v\u00e1laszthat \u00e9s repet\u00e1t is k\u00e9rhet! \u00c9s ez m\u00e9g messze nem minden…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-altalanos_iskola","category-gimnazium_erettsegi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23726"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23795,"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23726\/revisions\/23795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogenius.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
COME TO COMENIUS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n