Left hungers to control every aspect of people's lives.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout...food-fight

(04-11-2011 03:11 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  Left hungers to control every aspect of people's lives.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout...food-fight

I don't know what is more frightening a school wanting to control a kids diet or some of the parents who *agree* with a school wanting to control a kids diet!

If a parent cares enough to pack a lunch chances are they would be receptive to a school giving them some suggestions. They could also easily just ban soda, even when brought from home (I would guess that a kid hoped up on coke would be very hard to teach in the afternoon).

"more whole grains." yes that's what America's youth needs. The main picture in the article had all the foods students shouldn't eat. Tater tots, a nice white, hot dog bun, pears in syrup, what looks to be strawberry milk and some kind of processed, plastic-looking cheese. A nice mix of the things that lead to diabetes and attention disorders. If I had a kid in that school, I'd do everything in my power to either move to a new district, choose a private school or go the homeschool route.

I don't mind the schools pulling the sugary drinks machines. Kids can still bring them from home if the parents don't care, but the schools don't need to be lining up a dozen diabetes-ridden vending machines

A Federal Head Start program in metro Atlanta (maybe nationwide) doesn't allow food sent from home. They don't want parents that largely don't care sending candy and bags of chips to school. They also don't want other students getting jealous.

One of the predications to being in the program is a poor economic situation, so there isn't much objection. But it was pulling teeth for a student with insane allergies to be able to provide his own food.

There are a number of problems with Head Start. The program is contracted out. If there is a snow day, the teachers don't get paid, BUT the govt. still pays the same for that day as a day with school. Contractors pocket that money, or in this particular case, allow the teachers free reign to purchase whatever they need for the classroom. Plenty of more issues for another thread, but nothing you wouldn't expect with a federal program. Thankfully, it appears teachers have been improving, but only because they can't find jobs in the usual places.

source: many conversations with a friend who is a Head Start teacher in metro Atlanta.