Coppell ISD has lost its mind (vanity)

Coppell ISD ^ | 9/29/2014 | Night Hides Not

[Night Hides Not]

I learned today that my son was directed, by TWO teachers, to throw away a granola bar because it has nuts in it. Apparently, Coppell Middle School West is a "no nuts" campus...other than the faculty and administrators, apparently.

I took the extra step to see if the Coppell ISD website had any mention of a "no nuts" policy district wide. Although I was unable to find any mention of such a policy, I found the following under their "Departments" tab for Child Nutrition:

Healthy Snacks Available:

Don’t have time to pack a classroom snack for your elementary student? We offer a variety of healthy snack options available for purchase. Review the Smart Snacks in School flyer for additional information.

The Smart Snacks in School flyer linked to the following:

[Night Hides Not]

How about that? Two of the six "smart snacks" have nuts in them.

Up until a couple of years ago, Coppell ISD was a very conservative school district. We're going to start looking at educational alternatives for my son. It's going to break his heart, because that's all he's ever known.

[2ndDivisionVet]

You think that’s bad? My town is about to vote on banning fracking in the middle of the biggest energy boom in the history of mankind.

[Night Hides Not]

There's an edit needed, I forgot to italicize the following:

Don’t have time to pack a classroom snack for your elementary student? We offer a variety of healthy snack options available for purchase. Review the Smart Snacks in School flyer for additional information.

I don't want to get anyone in trouble, i.e. for not quoting a passage properly. Unlike our Vice President, I don't plagiarize. lol

[Night Hides Not]

I feel your pain. Coppell has one of the best music programs in the country, if not the world. It's a great community, and I've already put a son and a daughter through the system.

I just hope somebody on the school board is lurking, so they can see how ridiculous it's getting here.

[Blue Jays]

Twenty years after graduation from our alma mater, a college friend was going to visit my place with his wife and two children.

He asked me if there was any peanut butter or other nut products anywhere in my (immaculately clean) home. I advised there was an unopened jar of peanut butter in the cupboard, but that it was still sealed with the foil top and the plastic lid.

Nope, that wasn't good enough. He asked me to please put it in the detached garage while they were visiting. I find it rather hard to believe nut residue could remotely be that powerful.

[dandiegirl]

All the Californians moving to Texas will screw it all up. Thanks Perry.

[Professional Engineer]

I find it rather hard to believe nut residue could remotely be that powerful.

To quote Obi-wan, "May the nuts be with you. Always."

[Night Hides Not]

Truth be told, I grew up in Cali, and graduated from the same HS as Rachel Maddow...yes, it was a liberal haven, given its proximity to Berkeley.

Fortunately, the Army brought me to Texas nearly 40 years ago. I've considered myself a naturalized Texan since 1981, when I returned to the US after a 4-year tour in Germany.

[Night Hides Not]

I’ve never heard of a peanut allergy that bad.

[Domangart]

Now that we are all thinking adults, we should ask the administrator or district if the have a policy on everything. These teachers are no better than J school grads. They make things up.

[GeronL]

There are no public schools that are not liberal. There is no such thing as conservative public school districts

[Jane Long]

Run for the board. Or, get close to any conservatives on the board.

[Night Hides Not]

Can't disagree with you...think I'll shrug it off with a glass of wine, a very nice Tempranillo from the Umpqua Valley in Oregon.

Apologies for temporarily hijacking my own thread...lol.

That's what I'll be doing in 2-3 years...visiting wineries, during breaks from herding two tomcats in my family: my youngest son, who will be entering HS, and my grandson, who will be entering kindergarten. They're keeping me young.

[Night Hides Not]

Good idea...I need to research the board, I think a couple of spots are open in the upcoming election.

[bgill]

Send that along with a bill for those teachers to replace the granola bar. Sure, it’s only a dollar but it will get the point across.

[Grams A]

My youngest grandson thinks I scored a real winner by purchasing a new variety of Oreo’s which are filled with pumpkin frosting. According to him, they are fine to eat since pumpkin is a vegetable.

[alexander_busek]

Nope, that wasn't good enough. He asked me to please put it in the detached garage while they were visiting. I find it rather hard to believe nut residue could remotely be that powerful.

Nope, he wasn't fearful of the "fumes" or "vapors" of the peanut butter somehow escaping the sealed jar. He was afraid of the possibility of a "mistake" - e.g., some befuddled person getting up in the middle of the night for a snack i a strange house, or a child mistakenly opening the jar, etc.

Accidents can happen. By removing the source, he was playing it extra-safe.

Regards,

[MaxMax]

Destroying Texas incrementally, one small step at a time. Boiling frog.

[Drago]

The district policy manual is here (see page #7): http://www.coppellisd.com/cms/lib07/TX01000550/Centricity/Domain/1007/CISD_ElementaryHandbook.pdf

I did not see any prohibition of nuts, just prohibition of “no nutritional value” snacks provided by the school during school hours. They do refer you to the Texas Dept. of Ag for national school lunch requirements. But this statement in the policy manual would seem to allow the granola bar in question to be brought to school:

“This policy does not restrict what parents may provide for their own child’s lunch or snacks. Parents may continue to bring lunch of any type to their child at school during the school day, but may not share or give any restricted food items to other students.”

[Night Hides Not]

Thanks Drago!