Posted on 03/16/2008 12:16:44 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
March 16, 2008 -- Joel Klein is a pizza-party pooper.
The schools chancellor's food police have put the kibosh on a 20-year-old "Pizza Day" tradition at a Queens elementary school, opening the door for a citywide ban, infuriating parents and upsetting kids.
"This borders on cruel," said Michael Teoduro, vice president of the PTA at PS 193 in Whitestone. "It's one thing that the kids really look forward to in school, and for no legitimate reason it's pulled out from under them."
Pizza Day took place once a month, when kids would eat 90 to 100 pies from local shop Pizza Chef instead of their regular lunch. Students needed a parental permission slip and paid $5 in advance for a slice and a container of fruit juice.
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Parents said they were first told that it was a nutrition issue, then that the fund-raiser violated a chancellor's regulation that bars for-sale food from competing against and replacing school-provided lunches.
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So why would I want children raising money for them?
The PTA doesn't support school choice at all. See: http://www.pta.org/ia_pta_positions_1117831177453.html
Perhaps a bunch of students could show their displeasure by bringing in lunch from home and boycotting the school lunches for a month
That's highway robbery.
Snort. I'll just bet it does.
Note to the parents: Trust but verify.
Onion - unlike Pineapple or Anchovies - is a perfectly acceptable addition to a pizza topping...but sparingly spread!
AHHH- there’s no way to have too much cheese!!
Junie
IOW, flavored high fructose corn syrup. What a racket.
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