Posted on 09/19/2014 4:39:24 AM PDT by markomalley
An eighth grade student from Weaverville Elementary School got a detention slip for sharing his school prepared lunch Tuesday.
Kyle Bradford, 13, shared his chicken burrito with a friend who didn’t like the cheese sandwich he was given by the cafeteria.
Bradford didn’t see any problem with sharing his food.
"It seemed like he couldn't get a normal lunch so I just wanted to give mine to him because I wasn't really that hungry and it was just going to go in the garbage if I didn't eat it," said Bradford.
But the Trinity Alps Unified School District has regulations that prohibit students from sharing their meals.
The policies set by the district say that students can have allergies that another student may not be aware of.
Tom Barnett, the Superintendent of the Trinity Alps Unified School District says that hygiene issues also come into play when banning students from sharing meals.
"We have a policy that prohibits students from exchanging meals. Of course if students are concerned about other students not having enough to eat we would definitely want to consider that, but because of safety and liability we cannot allow students to actually exchange meals," said Barnett.
Bradford’s mother Sandy Bradford thinks that her son did the right thing by sharing his lunch. She also believes that it isn’t up to the school to discipline her son for good manners.
“By all means the school can teach them math and the arithmetic and physical education, but when it comes to morals and manners and compassion, I believe it needs to start at home with the parent,” Sandy said.
Bradford says that he would definitely share his lunch again if a friend wanted a portion of his meal.
It’s time these Uber-food-Nazis went into detention.
I need to put my helmet on before my head explodes.Are they obese or starving?
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Eighth grade is in elementary school?
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In some districts Elementary goes from K to 8 then high school is 9 to 12
Who are we to believe....the gov. propaganda or our own lying eyes? (snicker)
Apparently my lying eyes! “1984”, actually makes more sense than the current crop of “leaders”.
I can understand a school having a policy against lunch sharing... but giving the student detention for it is going overboard.
“That’s tragic! A parent did not educate their child. So we must ban all rice treats and popcorn balls? Right? “
She was educated and her father was a doctor. And you jumped the shark inferring that I said we should ban those foods, Mr. Alinski.
You were the one who threw it out there. Popcorn is often popped with peanut oil. People with peanut allergies should know that.
“You were the one who threw it out there. Popcorn is often popped with peanut oil. People with peanut allergies should know that.”
Threw what out there. I never said anything about controls or banning.
Natalie Giorgi went into anaphylactic shock July 26 after eating a Rice Krispies Treat during a hula hoop contest on her family’s last night of a four-day vacation at the popular, city-owned Camp Sacramento facility near Lake Tahoe that has been visited by thousands of families since it opened in the 1930s.
According to the lawsuit, the snack contained peanut butter that had been mixed into a marshmallow filling “in such a way as to be visually undetectable” and also “difficult or impossible to determine that the treat contained peanut butter by taste.”
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/04/18/6335644/family-of-girl-who-died-from-peanut.html#storylink=cpy
This is bullshit. Even prison allows the sharing of food between inmates.
It’s neat. Public School is now officially worse than prison.
Are they saying they think the students are allergic to the schools food?
So you support the kid getting a detention because someone might have an allergic reaction. Why not just say that?
My bet?
This person works for the government indoctrination camps. ( Just my guess.)
Must. Good thought!
“So you support the kid getting a detention because someone might have an allergic reaction. Why not just say that?”
I didn’t say that, Mr. Alinski.
“So you support the kid getting a detention because someone might have an allergic reaction. Why not just say that?”
People that cannot discuss issues intelligently through out a post with “So you .....”. Sick.
There are what 330 million Americans and the earth must stop because someone MIGHT have a reaction. You might be a school teacher candidate if you think this way.
Also nube, calling me Mr. Alinsky is pretty childish, so my guess is you've just heard of him.
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