School Backs Away from Food Confiscation Policy (Food Nazis!)

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 11/9/04 | Anon

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Steven Walley is seething over the "food police" at his son's school.

A letter from the Freedom Elementary School said the county's Health Services Agency plans to educate students and families about healthy eating habits and there was a list of acceptable foods.

It also warned: "We will take away from students any non-nutritious foods such as hot Cheetos or chips, sugary snacks, soda, etc."

Walley couldn't believe it. "The food police," he said, had gone too far.

"There's no law on the books that would allow this," Walley said. "They're saying if I send my kid to school with chips or a Hostess pie for lunch, they're gonna take it away from him. What gives them the right?"

[OXENinFLA]

"PUT THE TWINKIES DOWN AND STEP AWAY FROM THE CUP-CAKES!!"

[NoClones]

Are these kooks going to buy the 'approved' edibles for those who don't want to?

I mean, who would want to eat bean sprouts or some other rabbit food when you could have fritos and a balogna sandwich with mustard?

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

Don't tell the Food Nazis, but at my daughter's school they have snack and soda machines and the kids can actually buy stuff out of them.

[MineralMan]

MMMMMM! LUNCH!

[politicalwit]

When "cheetos" are outlawed, only the Frito Bandito will have Cheetos.

[ArrogantBustard]

Hey!!! Get your camera out of my lunchbox!!!

[catpuppy]

The Centers for Disease Control recently published findings of a 1999-2002 survey that found 16 percent of American children between the ages of 6 and 19 are obese and school districts and health officials have been working to reduce that trend.

Using the glass is more than half full you idiot "officials," your stats reveal that 84% of the children are not obese. And 100% of our children don't need your input on the matter one way or another. Teach them reading, writing and arithmetic. Then get out of their lives.

[michaelbfree]

Hey Teacher - EAT ME!!!

[Bella_Bru]

When I was in school, the soda machine was in the closely guarded janitor's lounge. But we could still bring it from home if we wanted.

[Chemist_Geek]

And 100% of our children don't need your input on the matter one way or another.

Three words: in loco parentis. Yes, they do need that "input."

[TXBubba]

These are the same folks who have removed PE from the school day I bet. They have here I know. Gee, you eat and don't exercise and guess what, you get fat kids! Let the kids play and exercise and enjoy their food.

[lotusblos]

They'll steal your kid's food while selling their junk food from vending machines. No amount of complaints have gotten rid of the vending machines. Too much money involved.

[truecons]

[highnoon]

Today we're having snowy owl sloppy joes!

[Mo1]

These people are getting ridiculous

[Gabz]

There are no vending machines in my daughter's school and carbonated beverages are not permitted, even brought from home. I think it is more because of the shaken/exploding can/bottle factor than anything else.

[Gabz]

That's putting it mildly.

[catpuppy]

See post # 31. No they don't need the "input" of "professional" educators on what belongs in the lunchbox. They need to be educated at school and parented at home.

[clamper1797]

AKA Santa Cruz County ... just outside of Aptos

[Clemenza]

Click on my name and read my profile. It was the confiscation of my lunch in elementary school that turned me into a libertarian-leaning conservative.