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I am not 100% sure that is always the case. As I said earlier, the kids most angry about this and who have expressed the most anger with Michelle Obama are black kids from Detroit. I don't think Romney got many of their parents' votes. These kids just really want to eat nacho cheese.
How many calories in this cookie?
Also, sell them outside the cafeteria - problem solved, idiots.
Sort of correct. They can't be sold within 30 minutes of the school day before or after.
Nothing wrong with a party at the end of the year but everyone has to be careful of the food. Cupcakes... and other home made food should never be allowed, sadly, into a school. Kids have too many allergies that some parents disregard or don't know about. A school is not going to allow food into its building due to liability issues. Or, if a teacher does, he/she takes on that responsibility. No way I allow home made food in my classes. Times have changed.
I agree with you on the homemade stuff, that is why the cake I talked about earlier was a tough one. But you could easily make it a store bought cupcake only rule.
Maybe not but do you want to take that chance of a kid dying or having some kind of reaction all in the name of "having fun" one day at school? I sure don't and wouldn't.
No, of course I don't want any kids to die.
I support the idea of providing healthy food during the day but that's a little over the top.
There were a couple states that applied for a very small number of fundraiser exemptions. If the PTA isn't using one of those exemptions and is selling that food on school grounds within 30 minutes of the end of school, then the school could face a pretty large fine. It doesn't matter that it is the PTA selling it and not the school. Fundraising activities must meet the same standards as the lunches.
Yeah, it's lots of little things that are annoying. For example, one of the biology teachers brought in donuts and sold them every Friday morning. They money raised was used to pay for and maintain all the animals he has in his class (snakes, lizards, fish, etc.) Other clubs would sometimes do bake sales or pop sales at lunch to raise money for field trips. The library was partially funded by a special area that sold coffee, Arizona iced tea, muffins, chips and other random small snacks before and after school. I have more issue with the regulations impacting that than I do the lunches.
I assumed he meant like half a Subway sandwich leftover from dinner the night before, not fresh takeout. I don't see how they can monitor or enforce that. It's ridiculous.
Schools can't make kids do homework.
