[muawiyah]

Is this supposed to be bad?

As a family we have total lactose intolerance. The schools were all the time trying to kill my kids with that whole-milk stuff and would make no efforts whatsoever to provide acidophilous milk.

Then after forcing the kids to drink it, the teachers would punish them for having to make mad dashes to the restroom later in the day.

Looks like we should have moved to Pennsylvania.

[Russian Sage]

As a family we have total lactose intolerance. The schools were all the time trying to kill my kids with that whole-milk stuff...

This is milk without the fat and with all the lactose.

[Rightone]

Uh... Perhaps, you should have just told your children not to drink whole milk so the rest of the kids would not have to be inconvenienced?

[shhrubbery!]

As a family we have total lactose intolerance. The schools were all the time trying to kill my kids with that whole-milk stuff and would make no efforts whatsoever to provide acidophilous milk.

Removing the fat from whole milk (which is what makes it no longer 'whole') has no effect on the milk's lactose content.

So moving to Pennsylvania would not have helped you there.

Besides, if you wanted your children to have acidophilus milk, why couldn't you send it with them to school? Or better yet, supply your own children with lactase tablets?

Seems very un-conservative to me to demand that taxpayers pay for such minutely special provisions. Are we going to kow-tow to those who demand special lunches for Muslim children too? (Oh wait, they're probably already doing that in NYC.)

[cricket]

"Looks like we should have moved to Pennsylvania"

. . .they don't make lunch boxes anymore? Thermos bottles?

Guess I am missing why your kids milk intolerance should be the schools problem or worse, responsibility?

[Tribune7]

Is this supposed to be bad?

Yes. Milk is nutrious and relatively inexpensive. It is good for a lot of people. The motivation, by the way, is to fight obesity. I think this measure will end up being counterproductive.

Nobody is suggesting that people should be forced to drink milk.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

As a family we have total lactose intolerance.

Tough. Why impose your problems on the rest of us?

[js1138]

Sounds like you needed to pay a friendly visit to the teacher and possibly, to the principal. I had a ren-in with a principal once, and after a couple of hours on the phone to the school board -- mostly on hold, but I'm stubborn -- the problem went away.