[Puppage]

Officials say he was punished because he bought a bag of Skittles from another student

Well, it might have made him late for the gay sex class.

[Revelation 911]

LOL - my daughter would buy candy at sams club weekly when we went there.....It wasnt long before I asked where all this stuff was going, thinking there was a party...she was reselling it at school for a hefty profit -

[Brilliant]

Does their rule really say that you can be suspended for selling candy? It’s one thing to “ban” it, another to suspend.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

If you outlaw Skittles, only outlaws will have Skittles.

[Pravious]

I just hope after he was suspended he didn’t hug someone for comfort.

[Brilliant]

“districtwide school wellness policy”

Seems like suspending an honors student is a pretty drastic remedy for enforcing a “wellness policy.”

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s not clear if the school has a hatred of candy, or a hatred of capitalism. I’m guessing it’s both.

[wbill]

An Excellent Lesson for him - bureaucracies are completely worthless. Hopefully, a new FReeper has just been recruited.

[wbill]

Spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo says there are no candy sales allowed in schools, period.

How did I know that the admins in the story would have a hyphenated name?

[mtbopfuyn]

I’m sure the principal had bigger problems that should have been dealt with that day than a bag of Skittles.

[southernerwithanattitude]

The lunatics are running the asylum

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Officials say he was punished because he bought a bag of Skittles from another student.”

Good.
Candy is destructive and doesn't belong in school. Congrats to the the school officials for protecting this child from destruction.
In fact, candy is so bad that students should be punished for even thinking of eating it.
Maybe the school should hire a candy enforcer to search the subjects ( I mean students) for candy possession.

[TomGuy]

he bought a bag of Skittles from another student.

Skittles suppliers probably permeate many schools!

Was the Skittles pusher arrested and jailed?

[/s]

Another example of PC-run-amok.

[Ezekiel]

Spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo says there are no candy sales allowed in schools, period.

Zero-tolerance isn't a wellness policy, it's a sickness policy. Wonder if the school would reconsider if a portion of all proceeds went into a school slush er wellness fund.

Skittles could be the PC candy of choice, with their rainbow colors and all.

[AU72]

In Catholic Grammer school in the 50's, the nun would sell candy to us before recess.

Except during Lent when only potato chips and popcorn were sold.

[warrior9504]

Obviously this school is a “candy free zone”

[saganite]

OMG! Can you imagine if he bought an aspirin ? Or drank a coke? On the other hand, he could probably engage in public sex on the playground (oops, they don’t allow playgrounds anymore, too dangerous) and that would be OK.

/s/

[Chickensoup]

Like Jonah Goldberg says:

NICE FACISISM

[grjr21]

And people wonder why there is a loss of respect for authority these days

[Allegra]

A school spokeswoman says the New Haven school system banned candy sales and fundraisers in 2003 as part of the districtwide school wellness policy.

Oh, for crying out freakin' loud on a stick with a marshmallow on it.

[headsonpikes]

Let it be said in defence of the Administration that this student has received a true education in the realities of today’s America.

Now it’s his call as to whether to buy into it or not. Grtade VIII is not too young to learn.