[CounterCounterCulture]

The horrible things kids do these days. Thank goodness for the public education system! (rolls eyes)

[Mears]

God,wouldn't you hate to be a kid today?

[elfman2]

The first I learned of lunch swapping was in high school on TV. I never swapped back in grade school when I actually brought a lunch.

[SquirrelKing]

Dude, this was the only way I survived childhood. Plus, how else are kids going to grow up and become good free market citizens if they dont know the street value of a jello square with a grape in it?

A: 1 jello square = 2 fish sticks

[hinckley buzzard]

If the Bay Area schools have time to devote to "issues" of this magnitude, they must be an educational Nirvana.

[CounterCounterCulture]

It's great the education system cares about protecting parental values (unless they're providing RU-486 or putting condoms on cucumbers, then it's hush-hush)

[nothingnew]

Too bad we can't ban pubic skools.

FMCDH(BITS)

[delacoert]

On the lighter side... the school has just required students to study during their breaks between recesses.

[John Jorsett]

I think this is a good thing. Teaches the kids how an oppressive nanny state takes away every joy in life, so maybe they'll grow up despising it and rebel. Perhaps then their children can attend schools where the goal is education, not codifying every private act and having it administered by the State.

[Peace will be here soon]

Is this sharing lunch thing new? I don`t recall this when I was a kid.

I never had any desire to share my lunch with my classmates. They put a hand on my PBJ sandwich, they got a smack upside the head. And if I had a chocolate chip cookie, it wasn`t going anywhere but in my stomach.

It sounds like the schools own doing with their share and be nice atmosphere they cram down the kids throats.

[CounterCounterCulture]

...or all-organic diets were sneaking pepperoni at lunch.

Organic. An old Native-American word meaning "with bugs" ;-)

[citizenmike]

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?

[GeronL]

I would think a kid would know their own allergies.

[proudCArepublican]

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.

[daguberment]

I'll bet the little bay area sweeties are still allowed to trade a condom for a copy of "Jimmy has two Mommies".

[DocRock]

Hey, Teacher! Leave those kids alone!

[Born Conservative]

[freepatriot32]

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

[taxesareforever]

Can't swap lunches but I bet the kids are still swapping spit in the hallways.

[Carry_Okie]

In loco parentis.

[bikerman]

I lived within a block of school and had a pass to go home for lunch on the way back I would stop at the candy store and pickup some treats to sell when I got back to school for kids who couldn`t leave the school grounds.Guess I should have been behind bars.