The Board of Education will take up food selection in its cafeterias on June 3 and the group pushing MCPS to offer healthier options hopes to have a strong presence at the meeting.

In an email to supporters on Friday, Real Food For Kids – Montgomery said it plans a campaign of emails and phone calls to school board members before the meeting. It also hopes its supporters show up in the audience. Signs will be provided.

The group has been critical of the school system’s cafeteria menus and has won support from a few members of County Council in pushing MCPS to make substantive changes in its food program. The group was key in getting MCPS to ban strawberry milk and quarreled with MCPS officals over snow day-influenced menu changes that meant two days of double-stuffed pizza in elementary schools during one week in January.

Real Food also has a petition with about 1,250 signatures demanding options such as all-you-can-eat fruits and vegetables and more hand-scratched meal offerings.

The Board of Education meeting on June 3 is set to start at 9:30 a.m. at the Board headquarters in Rockville (850 Hungerford Dr.).

Flickr photo by Tim Nagoogly