Let's start with the confession - I went to elementary school in the mid 1960's

But I can relate to Roxy - I went to a small elementary school (one class of each grade) in Louisiana, and I thought the lunches were great! I couldn't understand why people complained about school lunches. We had home cooked food, fresh rolls, and they'd make great desserts - like coconut pie. The lunch ladies were good cooks - when schools actually employed cooks, and not people who could heat things up. Then I moved to Michigan - to a smalll school district (two High Schools in the entire county). Again, we had COOKS. Like I mentioned above, sometimes fresh meat was delivered, and someone in the kitchen, or in the school knew how to dress a deer. Most of the county was rural.

And then we moved to Tucson, Arizona - there were several high schools in the district - and then I finally understood why everyone would complain about "school lunches". I think the difference was if the district was small enough and could make independant decisions on how to work the budget. Then again, a district has to have a budget to work with too.