<p>I disagree that only a fool would reject a school based on its food; I don’t think it should be a main factor, but I"m not is a position to decide. Fordham is on my daughter’s list, but she still has a bit of weeding, and I can guarantee food may be one of her deciding factors. When we do campus visits, she prefers to eat on campus so she will have a sense of what’s available. With the vast number of claages to choose from, if a student narrowing choices, and two schools are otherwise equal on their list, why not knock one out based on the food. They may expect to eat the majority of meals in that facility for the next 4 years. If they don’t like the food, it could impact not only their happiness, but also their health. She has attended school in 3 different school districts in 3 different states. All must meet the same federal guidelines to qualify for federal aid in their school lunch programs. The quality of food in the three varies significantly. Even accounting for any changes to the requirements, her younger sister is in a magnet school in another district, so she compares their menus. Her sister loves the lunch program, and also hated the food in our town. I don’t even understand how one can make whole wheat pizza the students love (in a huge city district), while the other just can’t get it right (in a smaller suburban district). One would think the bigger the operation, the more bland the food would be.</p>