Posted on 09/05/2009 10:35:34 AM PDT by thecodont
A Berkeley store owner has agreed to stop selling candy bars and sodas to middle school students who come to his store for a morning fix in a move school officials say is a first in the city.
That means students seeking Snickers, Twix or Coca-Cola will be out of luck from 8 to 9 a.m. before they start their day at Longfellow Middle School.
Friendly Market owner Yaser Musid, who has five kids of his own, said he will lose up to $100 a day in the deal. But he agreed with school counselor Rosina Keren that keeping junk food away from kids before school is a good idea.
Keren said the ban on snack sales for just one hour of the day is the most any store owner has agreed to in Berkeley.
Musid said he will offer more fruits and granola bars during that time instead.
Keren made the announcement to sixth graders Thursday morning during a school assembly.
(Excerpt) Read more at insidebayarea.com ...
Yeah, I would have been the kids who had the black-market business in-school selling it.
I never went to middle school.
“It’s for the children” *rolls eyes*
We had this same problem 35 years ago when the Jr. High School convinced the adjacent 7-11 not to admit students prior to school opening. We circumvented the problem by raiding the candy machines in a nearby apartment complex.
Bingo! Excellent idea -- you'd need to watch out for the city's licensing system for street vendors though.
owner yasur mesud....Islam in action.
Someone else needs to open a store there, advertising candy bars and soda’s right next to him!
“Yeah, I would have been the kids who had the black-market business in-school selling it.”
I got busted in the 3th grade for selling cinnamon oil toothpicks for nickle apiece in school. Stinking Principal called my mother and reported my unsanctioned business and informed her of my $3 profit.
On one hand... I believe it is our own responsibility to take care of ourselves... on the other hand... fruit roll ups and granola bars aren't any better than candy bars... we truly have inmates running the asylum...
From the school's Web site (http://www.berkeley.net/longfellow/):
"Longfellow students enjoy the benefits of cooking and gardening instructors as well as enhanced nutrition education in both science and physical education classes. Students also participate in cooking and gardening in the after-school program. Longfellow was the pilot site for the well-received International Marketplace where students choose from over 15 different entrees and have a free trip to the salad bar."
Apparently, not all the kids like the 15 different entrees and the salad bar... (What's with all the entrees, anyway?)
You need to store it all in a trench coat and say, “Psst, hey kid!” on the street corner.
LOL - I was a kid which was willing to sell, for a steep profit, surplus candy that I had purchased for my own consumption. A couple of the kids parents even complained to my father, who forgot to tell me until I was about 30.
Worked out well for me - because I was willing to walk to the store, buy candy with my money, transport it and then resell it, I was able to get my candy at no cost. The lazy kids who wouldn’t walk to the store, but were willing to pay high prices could then elect to do so.
No real difference from adults.
“Musid said he will offer more fruits and granola bars during that time instead.”
Why? Berkeley schools serve breakfast that includes that stuff:
http://www.berkeley.net/uploads/nutrition/Middle%20School%20Breakfast_2007-08.pdf
I do not believe that number for minute.
The granola bars are just candy bars with oats in there.
Cinnamon oil toothpicks - that used to be a rite of grade school like shooting marbles in the springtime. Thanks for the reminder.
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