Posted on 05/08/2010 1:18:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A third-grader at Brazos Elementary was given a week’s detention for possessing a Jolly Rancher.
School officials in western Fort Bend County are defending the seemingly harsh sentence. The school’s principal and superintendent said they were simply complying with a state law that limits junk food in schools.
But the girl’s parents say it’s a huge overreaction. “I think it’s stupid to give a kid a week’s worth of detention for a piece of candy,” said Amber Brazda, the girl’s mother. "The whole thing was just ridiculous to me."
Leighann Adair, 10, was eating lunch Monday when a teacher confiscated the candy. Her parents said she was in tears when she arrived home later that afternoon and handed them the detention notice.
According to the disciplinary referral, she would be separated from other students during lunch and recess through Friday.
Jack Ellis, the superintendent for Brazos Independent School District, declined an on-camera interview. But he said the school was abiding by a state guideline that banned “minimal nutrition” foods.
“Whether or not I agree with the guidelines, we have to follow the rules,” he said.
The state, however, gives each school discretion over how to enforce the policy. Ellis said school officials had decided a stricter punishment was necessary after lesser penalties failed to serve as a deterrent.
Ellis said failing to adhere to the state’s guidelines could put federal funding in jeopardy.
According to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s website, “The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy (TPSNP) explicitly states that it does not restrict what foods or beverages parents may provide for their own children's consumption.”
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“Her father & I were married and actually got divorced and got re-married to each other.”
Ah, the old ‘two honeymoons are better than one trick’!
BTW I think a week of detention for one jolly rancher candy is pretty absurd. I wonder what you get for oh, I don’t know, being tardy?
Ya gotta sing the Obama song
Mmmm mmmm mmmm
*She can quietly read her bible*
What rock have you been under? You honestly think the same school that punished this child for ONE piece of candy is gonna just sit back and let her read a Bible on school grounds?!? My God her punishment for that would probably be the chair!
“They became all about protecting their turf and collecting ever larger pieces of the taxpayer pie.”
This is the best way to describe any and ALL government-funded program (head start, public schools, police, fire, etc...)!
Like I have said before, I have volunteered on city boards, school boards and committees, etc... And it is ALWAYS give me more money!
A good program needs more money to affect more people. A bad program just needs a little more money to become a good program. We need more cops, we need more money. We are getting less cops, we need more money to better train the ones that we keep! Always, always, always - need more money!
Glad you brought up Kosher food. The ban says “minimal” nutrition. That should make Passover interesting.
I don’t feel tardy.
“The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy (TPSNP) explicitly states that it does not restrict what foods or beverages parents may provide for their own children’s consumption.”
I think not. What occurred was another dweller in the shallow end of the gene pool being overly officious and indulging his “Inner Liberal” too much.
Hopefully, the parents will sue the Libtard.
“It wasn’t a bad idea and wasn’t terrible when the program started ...”
Wrong! The basic premise was tested and found to have no demonstrable benefit after a period of time.
Defund it all.
I did not change my name when I married. I am a doctor and had a busy practice. I was known by my maiden name by my patients, my colleagues, and other professionals. It simply made no sense whatsoever for me to change my name.
My husband and I “deal with it” by introducing each other in this manner, “Hello, I am Dr. Ellen Wintertime and, this is my husband, Dr. John Galt.” In informal non-professional settings it is merely Ellen Wintertime and John Galt. If my husband is making the introductions he does it in reverse.
NO PROBLEM!!
In the nearly thirty years we have been married, we have lived in three states, and I have worked in four. It is a very big hassle when those in my profession change a name and then apply for a license in another state. Trust me. It is.
Silly, that would be ok, probably get special counseling and rehab, along with the other potheads, where they could share their stash.
I guess that I am about 50 years behind the times! Better to home school children...
BOHICA
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