1. Presidential Advisers and First Ladies

2. Executive Office of the President
For most of our early history the size of the White House staff was small and limited to a handful of cabinet members, secretaries, and advisers
1939: Franklin Roosevelt created the Executive Office of the President in order to coordinate all the people that work in a President’s administration
As the number of responsibilities the President had increased so did the need for a larger staff; today there about 2,000 employees in the Executive Branch

3. Parts of the E.O.P.
White House Office: consists of about 500 people who work directly for the president, about 10 to 12 close advisers
White house staff can control what information comes from the President’s office and who is allowed to see the President
Office of Management and Budget: prepares the federal budget and monitors the spending of govt. agencies;
budget=what?

4. Parts of the E.O.P.
National Security Council: helps the President coordinate US military and foreign policy
Members include V.P. the sec. of defense and state, and the top commanders from each of the armed services; President may invite additional people
Office of Administration: provides administrative services for executive branch
Council of Economic Advisers: give economic advice; President picks the 3 members and the Senate approves them

5. The Cabinet
Cabinet: is a group of presidential advisers that includes the heads of the 15 top level executive departments; department heads are called secretaries except for Attorney General
Secretaries advise the president on issues related to their departments and make important policy decisions
Cabinet is not mentioned in the Constitution, began as a tradition under Washington
Presidents decide when the cabinet meets and he can decide to largely ignore their advice
Condolezza Rice, first black female Sec. of State

6. First Ladies
The Constitution does not mention the spouse of a president
President’s wife is called the “First Lady”, what if we had a female president?
Some first ladies choose to become involved in a cause or politics
Eleanor Roosevelt was a spokeswomen for the poor, first US ambassador to the UN
Nancy Reagan spoke out against drug abuse, Hillary Clinton was an influential advisor to Bill Clinton
Eleanor Roosevelt visiting a coal mine

7. Article on Michelle Obama Lunches

8. Schools doing it Right!

13. Reality of School Lunch

14. Reimbursement for free lunch is $2.98
CHICKEN NUGGETS: $0.60
BREAD ROLL: $0.32
CORN: $0.20
SALAD: $0.32
FRUIT: $0.23
MILK: $0.30
TOTAL: $ 1.97
Cost is food cost only
Not supplies and labor
Reimbursement for free lunch is $2.98

15. School Lunch Economics
Price
Healthy Food is expensive
Less Students buying lunch because of price and quality means less money to spend on food
Portion
Smaller Portions
Quality
Quality of food purchased to meet nutritional requirements declines