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Campbell’s.
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Meatballs?
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Comes in a box.
You heat it up.

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Out of the course
of an entire month,

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6 out of 36.
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You're only cooking
6 out of 36 meals?

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Appleton central
alternative high school

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is filled with students who have
truancy and behavioral problems.

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But they've turned
things around --

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not through discipline,
but through diet.

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We were fortunate
to kind of stumble across

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this healthy program
as a result of some contact

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with natural oven and bakery
of Manitowoc Wisconsin,

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and they believe
in low-fat, low-sugar,

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non-chemically processed foods
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that are free of dyes
and preservatives,

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full of whole grains,
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a lot of fresh fruits
and vegetables.

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We do no beef here at all,
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and then it's the method
of preparation,

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where we don't fry.
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A lot of baking
and then just fresh preparation,

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as opposed to opening cans
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or thawing things out
from the box.

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We got rid of candy machines,
soda machines,

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brought in bottled water,
and it was just a situation

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where we saw a major change in the kids.
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If you walk through these halls,
and you're here,

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these do not look like at-risk,
out-of-control kids.

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Their behaviors are better.
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They seem to be more focused.
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Teachers will tell you
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that they get more
out of them in the class.

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Keep in mind,
this is not a private school.

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These are the "trouble kids"
of the public school system

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in Appleton, Wisconsin,
that are eating so well.

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and it costs about the same
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as any other
school lunch program.

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So my question is --
why isn't everyone doing this?

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There's an awful lot
of resistance

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from the junk food companies
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that make huge profits off
schools at the present time.

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They don't want to get kicked
out of the school system.

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They want to be there
to addict the children for life.

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The soft drink companies,
especially, boast about

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how they're contributing
to America's education,

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but, in fact, what they're doing
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is they're draining money
from the community

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rather than contributing money
to the community

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because the soft drink companies

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