“Instead, teachers will be encouraged to reward boys and girls with an eraser, a sticker or taking a walk with a special staff person.
Brother! I wonder if the “special staff person” will treat the kids to an interpretive reading of his favorite passages from Chairman Mao’s red book. Or if they have been really good, passages from “Dreams of My Father”.
“Barack Hussein Obama—MMM, MMMM, MMMM.”
Rite On. The people ought to be going to the stadiums to watch the game, not feed themselves on food that will lead to their early deaths due to thousands of possible medical problems. The ‘booster clubs’ that run those concessions ought to be put totally out of business. Who needs the dollars the sale of unhealthful or even healthful snacks? Who needs the items purchased for the school athletic program from those sales, which can now easily be replaced by increasing the school budget and the increasing amount of taxes from everyone who lives in the school district.
We should all be willing to pay a few more dollars in taxes to support the school athletic programs than forcing it to sell unhealthy snacks that will cause many times more expense in medical costs.
(Sarcasm off)
Liberals: Doing “good” by legislating all of the “bad” right out of life!
All jokes aside, I am surprised that this cornhole hasn’t gone after banning football. That will come.
Oh, goody. I see the health Gauleiter in question is sitting next to a "focus on fruits" sign. I could go on the but Mods would ban me.
It could have worked when I went to grade school, though. I'd have chosen the janitor. He was cool and had some really *interesting* magazines, too...
Easy to fix...don’t attend the games.
Instead, football fans will be encouraged to nosh on baked tortilla chips, reduced fat string cheese and hummus.
Despite there never having been any real evidence that fat had anything whatsoever to do with heart disease, and a growing body of evidence that it was the sugar and refined carbohydrates (of which these low-fat alternatives are stuffed) that were and have been the real problem.
You can bring your own soda. For now. Until the TSA gets wind of this. Do you know what could possibly be contained in a bottle of soda brought in from outside a ball game????
This food Nazi does not know how to fund raise. Nobody wants to buy a bag of carrots at a ball game. But they do want something salty because they are SWEATING in the stands. They want drinks like Gatorade which do not meet the standard listed in this article.
Personally, I do not drink soda except at the baseball field or at football games. I want the sweet and carbonation when I am broiling in the sun. Water is insufficient.
Are sno-cones allowed? hah! Stupid, stupid people.
~ C.S. Lewis
What’s ironic is the idea of selling food that food Nazis think are healthier for you while the athletes are out on the field bashing each other’s heads in.
It sounds like it’s time for Portlanders to tailgate before and after their high school football games.
Wow, I bet their concessions take a major hit over this.
However, the first few games there will be lots of goodies in the stands until they forbid them. Then they will raise ticket prices to make up for the lack of concessions sales.
And then their b.o. will start to drop. But by then, the wiener responsible for this nonsense will be off fouling up other activities, and won’t care about the mess left in his wake.
To the parents of Portland students, I say: READ. The recent 9th Circuit Court ruling says that you don't have to pay a single penny for any part of your child's schooling. That means band parents don't have to pony up a grand or more a year for uniforms, that football parents don't have to pay for required insurance policies, nor equipment purchases, etc.
You can still just give money to the school if you desire. But they can't hold back a diploma, nor otherwise punish the student for not paying these fees - oh, and that does include ASB fees, which most programs require participants to buy.
Swing that club around, and see how fast this policy goes away. If you don't, you're going to hook yourself up to a whole lot of costs for absolutely no good reason.
Get rid of this moron.
Clearly unAmerican.
I like pureed garbonzo beans but what a frickin mess they would be.
Popcorn, peanuts and chips are what I want at a game. Real man fuel, easy to eat and when everyone gets excited, throwing snacks around as they cheer I won’t go home wearing someone else’s food.
Chanda. May I call you, Chanda? Would you like a coke or chips? Whatever. Hon, it seems you need an attitude adjustment. I'd like to remind you who gave you this job. It was and is the taxpayers, you know those sugar high kids' parents, who are allowing you to take home that paycheck. What, you're mumbling something about the school board? Oh, you mean those folks who can be voted out or forced out of office whenever we taxpaying parents wish? Ha, sorry honey, but as Biden says, we own you and you're wearing our chains so you better drop that uppity attitude and stock what WE want in OUR concession stand or you'll be in the unemployment line with a not so glowing statement in your permanent record.
These do-gooders will be the death of us all.
A Liberal Progressive —> “Give a little mind a little power and they will wreak havoc.” For our own good, of course.
Purge Maine
Some folks just need firing.
I have no problem with the right of a school to decide what it does and does not want to sell.
I have no problem with the right of a school to decide what it does and does not want to sell.