[kcvl]

Parents won't be able to bring in cupcakes to celebrate a child's birthday. Teachers will be encouraged to reward students with extra recess instead of food, and if food is used in celebration, it will be healthy food. These changes go for staff lounges, too.

School health coordinator Chanda Turner says this is all about practicing what the school preaches. "How you change or establish kids behavior is by giving them a chance to practice healthy behaviors. We're trying to give kids as many opportunities as possible to practice healthy decisions," Turner said.

7/6/2012

Chanda Turner, a health coordinator for thePortland School District, is losing her job along with 30 others around the state as a result of funding elimination. Posters in the foreground were part of her program encouraging proper eating habits among students.

[funfan]

Hopefully she is not a stress eater turning to food when upset and more likely to binge on candy, chips and other delights now that she is unemployed.

[wbill]

Chanda Turner, a health coordinator for thePortland School District, is losing her job

2 comments....

1. This person being out of work is likely not a bad thing.

2. Why does a school system need a "Health Coordinator" (much less 30, in a state the size of Maine) to begin with?

[bgill]

Chanda Turner, a health coordinator for thePortland School District, is losing her job along with 30 others around the state as a result of funding elimination.

Woo hoo! That couldn't have happened to a more deserving nitwit.

[goldi]

She looks very pleased with herself.

[CSM]

“How you change or establish kids behavior..”

My how quickly we went from a goal of educating the populace to controlling the populace. No wonder public (government) control of education was a major plank in Marx’s philosophy.....