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"It’s official: Cookies and cupcakes are allowed at school parties."
The Texas Agriculture Department had put a nutritional policy in place that restricted the snacks parents could give to students at public schools (before the Obamas so don't jump on them). But now the new Texas Agriculture Commissioner (Sid Miller) has taken over and has given official amnesty to cupcakes.
I know you are saying "who cares" but the reason is this:
“We want families, teachers and school districts in Texas to know the Texas Department of Agriculture has abolished all rules and guidelines that would stop a parent from bringing cupcakes to school,” he said. “This act is about providing local control to our communities.”
Now if the feds would only get off the backs of the states in a lot of areas and the states would get off the backs of local communities, we might have something good going on here.
"It’s official: Cookies and cupcakes are allowed at school parties."
The Texas Agriculture Department had put a nutritional policy in place that restricted the snacks parents could give to students at public schools (before the Obamas so don't jump on them). But now the new Texas Agriculture Commissioner (Sid Miller) has taken over and has given official amnesty to cupcakes.
I know you are saying "who cares" but the reason is this:
“We want families, teachers and school districts in Texas to know the Texas Department of Agriculture has abolished all rules and guidelines that would stop a parent from bringing cupcakes to school,” he said. “This act is about providing local control to our communities.”
Now if the feds would only get off the backs of the states in a lot of areas and the states would get off the backs of local communities, we might have something good going on here.
Now, if they'd just actually do it, by devolving education back to the local level... completely.
I'm 36 and when I was in elementary school everyone's moms would come in with cupcakes and punch when it was someone's birthday and there were was maybe one kid in our class who was slightly chubby.
I'm 36 and when I was in elementary school everyone's moms would come in with cupcakes and punch when it was someone's birthday and there were was maybe one kid in our class who was slightly chubby.
I'm 54, and we always did that in my school up through sixth grade. Cupcakes were usually brought in for kindergarten through third grade or so...then fourth grade on, the parents would send in money for an ice cream treat for the whole class at lunch. Popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, and nutty buddy cones were sold in the school cafeteria. I got gypped, because my birthday was in the summer.
We used to send money to buy the class an ice cream treat for my youngest daughter's birthday when she was in elementary school. Her school discouraged cupcakes during class (messy and disruptive of class time), but had no problem with it at lunch. When our older daughter was in elementary school, we lived in an urban district where birthday treats of any kind were discouraged...not because of dietary issues, but because of "fairness" and preventing hurt feelings among the students who couldn't afford to treat the class. Then there were the Jehovah's witnesses who didn't celebrate birthdays (there were always one or two in her class) who had to be considered.
When we moved to our present area, she was in fifth grade, and could finally have birthday treats at school.
Last edited by Mrs. Skeffington; 01-18-2015 at 05:25 AM..
Then there were the Jehovah's witnesses who didn't celebrate birthdays (there were always one or two in her class) who had to be considered.
We had those geeks, converted to the ways of sinners in short order.
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Amnesty For Cupcakes In Texas Schools
In all honesty I didn't know the rules applied to kids who bring their own lunches.
