Message right even if method needs work

It's a real pity that the Fox River Grove School Board chose to fire Dave Warwak, the art teacher who urged his students to go vegan. They should have given him an award and allowed him to hold nutrition classes.

I wish teachers would urge my kids to go vegan. Recent visits to my kids' school cafeterias revealed foods containing triglycerides, high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated fats and loads of preservatives, not to mention the general poor food, including over-cooking, extensive pasteurization and use of genetically-altered materials.

And for those kids who choose not to eat at the cafeteria, there are always extensively available vending machines serving much the same or worse.

Even if parents are able to control what goes into their kids' mouths at home, they face a losing battle at schools which continue to serve food that is the cheapest and easiest to prepare rather than the healthiest.

The Fox River Grove School Boards would do well to study the example of several Wisconsin school districts that dramatically improved attention spans and reduced disciplinary problems at their schools by serving only healthy meals to students.

Warwak was definitely right when he told the kids that the type of food they were consuming would ultimately kill them. Perhaps his methods need honing, but certainly his message cannot be faulted.

Marijana Ignjatovic

Mount Prospect