School Sends Letter to Parents of Obese Kids Schools Get Involved in Effort to Combat Obesity Epidemic By Joann Loviglio The Associated Press P H I L A D E L P H I A, March 20 — Some parents in one Pennsylvania school district are being sent letters that aren't alerting them about problems with their child's grades or behavior, but about their weight. "When an examination reveals a child has vision problems, hearing problems, we inform the family; we weren't doing anything for weight," said George Ziolkowski, director of pupil personnel services for the East Penn School District,...