Posted on 10/29/2004 7:45:13 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
MILFORD, Conn. -- Cupcakes are contraband at Meadowside elementary school.
Principal Robert Davis's ban on all celebratory sweets has made some parents sour.
Health officials said Davis adopted a new policy of using games and crafts instead of baked goods to fete birthdays, holidays and special occasions, and praised it as a way to combat childhood obesity.
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Yeah, they tried this in the public schools here. Backtracked pretty darn quick.
I meant to add that the public schools wanted to SELL party trays at like 4 to 5 times the cost of what the moms could make. Also, the kids rarely eat the cupcake anyway.
There's nothing like the joy in a child's eyes when he is blowing out the candles on his birthday broccoli.
Smoke is bad for the children. Must use carrots as candles.
Games and crafts won't do enough to combat obesity. Make them run laps.
** gulp **
Principal Robert Davis's was mad because some biker called him a cupcake once.
Happy birthday - now go burn your name on that piece of wood over there and sit down.
Perhaps they should start by banning the crap that they dish out in their own lunchrooms.
From his reaction, sounds like the biker knew what he was tlking about.
There is nothing wrong with cupcakes--it is discrimination I say:-)
Our schools asked parents to donate a book to the child's classroom and a second book to the school library in their child's name, instead of sendng treats for birthdays.
I thought it was a good idea.
Who bans cupcakes? Honestly! </young Dr. Evil>
Feed the precious children Soylent Green, Mr. Davis. That's obesity conscious, isn't it?
Oh WTF!? First some school district in WA cancels its Halloween celebration, because it's "disrepectful to witches", and now these kids can't even have a cupcake on their birthday?
MORE OF THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS BY THE DEMOCRATIC CLINTON REGIME. WHICH WILL GO FOREWARD UNDER KERRY IF HE GETS IN
LOL!!
You sure if it's the cupcake shortage as much as is it the when To eat the cupcake though?
Maybe he should invoke a program to go to all the childrens' homes at dinner time too just to make sure they're not eating anything like that there either; you know, desserts, cookies, etc.
He can have regular refrigerator inspections too!
This guy is a moron plain and simple! He clearly thinks really highly of himself, more highly than he ought to.
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