No Child's Left Behind
Junior’s gettin’ sorta… well, pansyassed
DANGER!! DANGER!!!
The Martin County [FL] School District is the latest to ban homemade baked goods from classrooms. For special events, parties and celebrations, all treats brought to class must be commercially prepared — and be in the package with the label, according to a notice that went home with kids a couple of weeks ago
Middle Tennessee school systems… are now debating whether to ban cupcakes. ...Winstead Elementary School in Williamson County has ordered an end to cupcakes… Greenbrier Elementary School in Robertson County, school officials say cupcakes are OK for school parties, but big cakes are banned...
The Santa Clara [CA] Unified School District is considering outlawing the sale or giveaway of all forms of junk food on all of its campuses, district officials said.
The round-the-clock ban would ensnare such traditional fundraisers as Parent Teacher Association bake sales, candy-sale drives for athletics teams and intramural clubs, and classroom birthday celebrations with cakes and ice cream...
NJ ...parents have been urged to donate books to the school library in lieu of a class party and Adams gives out pencils as birthday gifts… fruit shish kabobs ...
[One school administrator] said it leaves the decision up to parents who might not always choose wisely. She supports schools eliminating food from school parties, which takes the pressure off students to say no to class treats.
If ya can’t “Just Say NO” to a cupcake, howinhell ya gonna learn “Just Say NO” to a spike fulla Horse?!?!?
The Feds: ...next school year when a federal law requires schools to set guidelines limiting the availability of unhealthy food on campus. The 2004 Child Nutrition Act also requires public school districts to set goals for student physical activity and nutrition education and to participate in free healthy breakfast and lunch programs....
I don’t remember any classmates having such life-threatening allergies—do you? And we had Hot Dog Day and Cupcake Day, each once a month! And whole milk every freakin’ day. It’s a wonder I’m not dead.
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