School Lays Ground Work To Control Packed Lunches?

J.J. Jackson* | January 14, 2008

Filed Under Liberals, Schools and Education

Never doubt what bureaucrats in the school have planned. They love control which is why they fight against merit pay for teachers, kowtow to the union and are vehemently opposed to school choice. Now at least one school may be laying the ground work to control what you pack in your child’s lunch too.

GREENWICH, Conn. (CBS) ― More and more children are now facing obesity and Type-2 diabetes, so how do we get our kids to eat healthy, especially when they’re not at home?As CBS 2 HD recently found out, there’s a school in Greenwich that’s trying to change the trend by banning certain food.

When asked if his mother was to allow him to eat any foods he wanted, what he would eat, 8-year-old James Budkins didn’t hesitate.

“Ice cream, bacon and fries,” he said.

When asked what his favorite food is, 10-year-old Willie Budkins pulled no punches.

“Cookies, ice cream,” he said.

Not in this cafeteria.

Glenville School in Greenwich is trying to turn things around, starting this year ice cream and cookies are no longer sold in the cafeteria. Instead they have fruit and yogurt as an option.

The article talks about how administrators were basically tired of seeing “healthy” lunches being tossed for “unhealthy” snacks. This probably has more to do with the fact that the “healthy” food was poorly prepared by unskilled cooks and completely tasteless than anything else. Children rarely pitch anything that tastes good after all.

But instead of looking at ways of making the healthy food more palatable, they just ended the snacks. However it is the last remarks of this article that drew my eye most.

Parents can pack anything they want in their kids’ lunch, but they’ve all received the school’s wellness policy that encourages them to go for healthy snacks.

Translation: You’ve been warned about what is acceptable. We’ve already banned food we don’t feel is appropriate from being served by our staff and we reserve the right to control what you pack in your child’s lunch at a future date. You have been warned. CYS can always be called if you don’t comply.

Yeah, you probably laugh. At least for now until it happens.

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