[garyhope]

When candy is outlawed, only ,........

[RonF]

This is beyond parody.

[HeadOn]

“The policy does not say anything about students sharing snacks when no money is exchanged.”

I say buy a couple of cases of Skittles and hand them out. Make them deal with this terrible loop-hole!

[SaveTheChief]

The inmates are running the asylum.

[Lazamataz]

Every public school employee in America is f**(ing insane.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Sullivan-DeCarlo said Sheridan Middle School principal Eleanor Turner repeatedly warned students that she did not want candy to be sold or money to change hands during school. Turner referred all questions to Sullivan-DeCarlo.

Aside from the nutrition issue, Sullivan-DeCarlo said, students create security problems when they carry money.

A copy of the district's policy states that "no candy or junk food fundraisers will be allowed on school grounds" and that only healthy snacks will be sold in vending machines.

So let me get this straight. They have vending machines, but the kids aren't allowed to carry money?

[beltfed308]

The kid clearly violated the “wellness” policy and is lucky he got off so easy.

[CedarDave]

Nanny state rules — coming soon to a public school near you...

[taxcontrol]

When I was growing up, in response to some silliness like this, the ENTIRE student body would show up the next few days with candy in our out of their pockets.

[DallasDeb]

What kind of suspension for buying drugs at school? I wonder.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

"FIRST THEY CAME FOR CIGARRETTE SMOKERS AND THEIR RIGHT TO SMOKE IN PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS, AND I DID NOT SPEAK UP BECAUSE I DON'T SMOKE AND BELIEVE IT IS A NASTY, DISGUSTING HABIT TO BEGIN WITH...........

"THEN THEY CAME FOR FOODS THAT CONTAIN TRANS FATS AND I DIDN'T SPEAK UP BECAUSE I AM A HEALTHY EATER AND BESIDES, THIS DID NOT REALLY AFFECT ME.........

"NEXT THEY CAME FOR .........

Okay all of you defenders of the Nanny-Nazi-Police-State (AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST OFFENDERS WAS ELLIOT #9 SPITZER) having the power over regulating every one of our personal (LEGAL) activities and choices, we tried to warn you, but you dismissed us as fear-mongering dotes.

We tried to tell you this was all about POWER as opposed to legitimate "health issues," and all about "the chilluns," but you would not listen.

Well, the proverbial chickens are coming home to roost. How do you like it now????

[YOUGOTIT]

This is gross stupidity. These left-wing anti-humans should be fired from living the good life off of our tax dollars.

Schools need competition. Not left-wing idiots running them.

[OB1kNOb]

When did Connecticut turn communist? This is stuff I’d expect to read about happening in China.

[Political Junkie Too]

What about Girl Scout cookies? Is that illegal too?

-PJ

[fireforeffect]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984473/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984336/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984351/posts

[TonyInOhio]

said school spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo

I would have laid odds that the school disctrict's spokeswoman would have a hypenated surname.

[Jaded]

Oh, fricken puhleeze. Don’t they have better battles to fight?

[Tirian]

I’d call them morons, but that might be unfair to the word moron...

[mad puppy]

In the 6th grade (~1975) a buddy of mine & I would ride our bikes to this gas station every Sunday and buy about $10 worth of candy. Each. The next day at school, we’d sell it to the other kids and a couple teachers for twice what we’d paid for it. Of course some fat kid told his dump-$hit parents who raised hell and we were told to stop. We thought we were rich.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

"Eat well, exercise, stay fit, don't smoke or drink--DIE ANYWAY."