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Schools ban lunch swapping: Lunch trades outlawed to protect kids with allergies
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 17 February 2005
| Kim Vo
Posted on 02/17/2005 8:36:23 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
Lunch trades outlawed to protect kids with allergies
ORMONDALE SCHOOL JOINS THOSE THAT HAVE APPLIED TIGHTER RULES
By Kim Vo
Mercury News
In the underground economy of school lunches, third-grader Siobhan Rickert explained, the demands are straightforward: ``If you give me this cookie, I'll give you this pretzel.''
But no more. This month, Ormondale School in Portola Valley began cracking down on lunch swaps. No more trading mom's turkey sandwich for a peanut butter and jelly -- or exchanging chocolate chip cookies for, well, just about anything you want.
Ormondale joins a smattering of Bay Area schools that have banned swaps, citing food allergies and concerns that, unbeknown to their parents, students following kosher or all-organic diets were sneaking pepperoni at lunch.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: allergies; freeenterprise; juvi; lunches; outlawed; peanuts; pspl; publiceducation; school; schoollunch; students; swapping; trade; zerotolerance
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To: CounterCounterCulture
I agree with all the posters so far; swapping lunches was the highlight of my elementary school routine. But I like to argue, so, for argument's sake, how about this:
Allergies, some deadly, are more prevalent today then when we were kids. If the wrong kid got a hold of a peanut butter sandwich, it could kill him. So eliminating lunch swapping seems to be a small price to pay to keep kids safe. What do you think?
To: Peace will be here soon
Is this sharing lunch thing new? I don`t recall this when I was a kid.
Mmmm, no. At many schools kids would bring sacked lunches and there's a natural inclination to share/swap items. Even when kids all ate cafeteria food, there'd be some things some kids wouldn't eat and swapping would take place there too. So for example, I ended up eating other kid's spinaches.
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posted on
02/17/2005 8:53:21 PM PST
by
CounterCounterCulture
(The bullets inside are very hot. Why do I feel so cold?)
To: CounterCounterCulture
I would think a kid would know their own allergies.
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posted on
02/17/2005 8:57:33 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Old Media is at war with the New Media...... We are all Matt Drudges now.)
To: citizenmike
Oh, it's a somewhat light-hearted thread and I understand the allergies concern.
But for people like me who never had allergies, this would be a little unfair for the whole group to be punished for afflictions of the few. And if the child is aware of his allergies, he/she would know what to avoid.
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posted on
02/17/2005 8:58:19 PM PST
by
CounterCounterCulture
(The bullets inside are very hot. Why do I feel so cold?)
To: SquirrelKing
A: 1 jello square = 2 fish sticks what is that in beef fritters?
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posted on
02/17/2005 8:58:55 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Old Media is at war with the New Media...... We are all Matt Drudges now.)
To: nothingnew
Too bad we can't ban pubic skoolswhy can't we?? Ain't nothing in the Constitution that says we have to have gubbermint skools.... I say we outlaw them.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:00:02 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Old Media is at war with the New Media...... We are all Matt Drudges now.)
To: Justanobody
God,wouldn't you hate to be a kid today? Whhaaaatt? Have you not seen some of those hot skany feamle teachers what are boinking 14 yr old boys? DAMNIT, where were these teachers when I was in school?
To: CounterCounterCulture
and if you haven't guessed that is a city in my great state ha ha of CA in the Bay Area why dont they just teach these kids reading and writing and let the parents deal with this issue.
To: proudCArepublican
I used to trade my twinkies for homemade cookies. One form of processed sugar for another, what's wrong with that?
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:08:04 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
(I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie)
To: CounterCounterCulture
"At many schools kids would bring sacked lunches and there's a natural inclination to share/swap items."
Maybe at the girls and girly boy tables.
I can`t recall ever swapping/sharing lunches when I was in school. I guess I hung out with a different crowd. Stealing food was always in play, but sharing/trading? No, didn`t happen at my table.
To: GeronL
Yeah, it's natural selection at it's best when someone without the common sense to know they're allergic to peanut butter eats a PB&J sammich. Then again, we already have a name for people with that ability (or the lack thereof): "leftists".
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:13:42 PM PST
by
Tuba-Dude
(Deism: at least we piss everyone off.)
To: GeronL
what is that in beef fritters?1 beef fritter = 3 corn dogs or 1 balogna sandwich
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:15:23 PM PST
by
SquirrelKing
(I caught you a delicious bass.)
To: SquirrelKing
1 beef fritter = 3 corn dogs Must be a mighty big fritter
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:17:37 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Old Media is at war with the New Media...... We are all Matt Drudges now.)
To: CounterCounterCulture
I'll bet the little bay area sweeties are still allowed to trade a condom for a copy of "Jimmy has two Mommies".
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:18:39 PM PST
by
daguberment
(The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish....)
To: CounterCounterCulture
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Hey, Teacher! Leave those kids alone!
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:22:56 PM PST
by
DocRock
To: DocRock
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:25:57 PM PST
by
CounterCounterCulture
(The bullets inside are very hot. Why do I feel so cold?)
To: Ciexyz
twinkies are great did the same oh yes but i am from ca and there was that little incident with a San Fran councilman and his twinkie defense many years ago
To: CounterCounterCulture
*snicker*
Oh! Wait a minute! Do Snickers have peanuts? Those should be banned! Zero Tolerance! Call the food police!
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:34:59 PM PST
by
DocRock
To: kenth; CatoRenasci; Marie; PureSolace; Congressman Billybob; P.O.E.; cupcakes; Amelia; Diana; ...
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:35:09 PM PST
by
Born Conservative
(I need a new tagline. Any suggestions?)
To: CounterCounterCulture
is i t possible to force a state to secede from the union or at least to force it to change its name to western china for gods sake
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:36:34 PM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Jacques Chirac and Kofi Annan, a pantomime horse in which both men are playing the rear end. M.Steyn)
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