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Students fight back against chocolate milk ban
KOMO.com ^ | Nov 18, 2011 | Elizabeth Dinh

Posted on 11/19/2011 3:57:15 AM PST by Daffynition

MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. -- A local school district has removed chocolate milk from its menus, but students aren't giving up their sugary drink without a fight.

The Tahoma School District has spent the past three years reworking its lunch menu to offer students healthier foods. It already did away with canned fruit, and now officials are taking chocolate milk off the menu.

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TOPICS: Education; Food
KEYWORDS: chocolate; food; homeschoolyourkids; liberalnonsense; nannystate; publicschools; welfarestate
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To: JDW11235

“How about the Government stop providing food at schools, altogether, and let parents decide what their children can and cannot eat.”

Never happen because its essentially govt welfare for farmers who can dispose of excess crop capacity / prop up wholesale prices.


21 posted on 11/19/2011 6:51:49 AM PST by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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22 posted on 11/19/2011 7:21:10 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: KantianBurke

Yeah, and I realize we live in a socialist/communist state, but I can dream!


23 posted on 11/19/2011 8:17:53 AM PST by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: coolbreeze; Adder
Soy Milk?? I didn’t know soy even had udders.

That's udderly ridiculous!

24 posted on 11/19/2011 1:25:47 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Of course Obama loves his country but Herman Cain loves mine.)
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