[Real Cynic No More]

Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.

So now we know how some of the students in her school pass to upper grades without real qualifications: the school must be answering their multiple choice test questions for them to protect them from getting the wrong answers.

Cradle to grave control.

I guess students in her school are just too dumb and ignorant to survive without such assistance.

[Hoodat]

Cradle to grave control.

'Control' is the key word here. From the article:

"The school food is very healthy," he said, "and when they bring the food from home, there is no control over the food."

[WayneS]

Correct. Because failing to study for a test is an 'unhealthful academic choice'; and it is the schools' job to protect children from ALL of their own unhealthful choices.

[Sigh]...