Are they listening?

Dana Woldow reports from the trenches on the Sisyphusian efforts to improve school nutrition in this School Beat report:

City May Discontinue Kids’ Free Summer Lunch Program

For generations, students have complained about school food, calling it “mystery meat.” More recently, their elders have begun complaining too, as rates of childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes reach new highs, and unhealthy school lunches are targeted as one cause. As Congress gets ready to debate possible changes to federal child nutrition programs, criticism of the byzantine structure of children’s meal program regulations is starting to be heard as well. But is anyone listening? On August 6th, they were listening in San Francisco.[...]

Sisyphus is probably the wrong allusion since our crusaders are making progress in their struggle. Maybe the Augean Stables would be more apt? Whatever... we owe Dana and her fellow travellers for their tireless efforts.