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.
owner yasur mesud....Islam in action.
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?)
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.
When I was in middle school, my uncle took my cousins and I to a donut shop before school. We didn’t pick out the plain donuts, if you no what I mean. LOL!!! According to the article, it seems that this “counselor” has forced her “views” on the students, who are purchasing things they like during their time off campus. It doesn’t seem that the city made it mandatory of all the stores. If the parents agree with this so much, maybe they shouldn’t give their children money when they go to school. They can have pre purchased lunch tickets for school. Oh vey!!!
Now, with cigarette consumption falling faster than the taxes on cigarettes are climbing, it's time for the democrat health “experts” (as expert as Al Gore perhaps?) to insist that we tax a wide variety of things they insist are harmful. The truth of the matter is, they want to rationalize their spending like drunken madmen, not reduce the consumption of such things as sodas. When soda taxes are insufficient, then tax beef, or eggs, or better yet, tax the exhaling of carbon.
Whenever a democrat wants to reduce a specific behavior, they say they can tax that behavior in order for it to be reduced. Whenever a democrat wants to encourage a specific behavior, they say that they can tax that behavior in order to insure it keeps growing.
Buy a clue, these are people who only want to reduce the citizens of this republic to the status of slaves and they've had that same, single, goal ever since they seceded from the union in an attempt to keep their slaves.
Regards
His decision is self-punishing. That's justice.
Cartman: Hey, Chad, you know what you need? You need a friend.
Chad: I’d, I do?
Cartman: Yes. A chocolate friend. Mr. Candy Bar doesn’t judge you, Chad. Mr. Candy Bar likes you just the way you are. Look at how yummy and sweet he is. There you go. That’ll just be four dollars. There you go.
Candy sales are a major fundraiser for schools in my area.
I wonder how much of this has to do with the kid’s health, and how much has to do with the store competing with the school’s organizations candy sales?
Since when does a State Employee, (in this case a “School Counselor”) have any authority whatsoever to request any business to restrict their sales for any reason?
I realize this is the People’s Republic of Berkeley were talking about here, but there are legal limits on what they can do as well.