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  • Pa. schools weigh parental fast-food ban (Too many fat kids)

    06/09/2006 6:05:22 AM PDT · by nckerr · 148 replies · 1,299+ views
    AP ^ | 6-8-2006 | None Listed
    PALMYRA, Pa. - Parents who visit their children at lunch would be required to eat school food rather than bring the children fast-food lunches under a proposed wellness policy in the Palmyra Area School District. That doesn't set well with some parents. Lori Swisher, who has three children at Forge Road Elementary School, agreed the schools don't need soda machines or daily doughnuts, but bristled at "one more government restriction." Swisher said she occasionally has brought pizza or a sub to her kids at school. "I like to think I serve mostly healthy meals, but when all three have sports,...