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Old 05-07-2010, 09:35 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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A third-grader in a small Fort Bend school district has received a week-long suspension because of a rogue Jolly Rancher consumed at lunch, KHOU reported.

The parents are upset, and the incident seems to stem from confusion over state nutrition guidelines. We're sure it will all get settled.

Leighann Adair, Third-Grader: Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession - Houston News - Hair Balls
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Old 05-08-2010, 12:46 AM
 
Location: California
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I'm curious about these "nutritional guidelines". Do they ban certain foods from being packed in your kids lunch? I've never heard of such a thing but I don't live in TX. I'd hate to see this place the day after Halloween...do they just close the school rather than take the risk?
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Old 05-08-2010, 12:51 AM
 
Location: Rome, Georgia
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Man she would have been screwed with a bag of "Bottlecaps".
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Old 05-08-2010, 12:52 AM
 
Location: Purgatory (A.K.A. Dallas, Texas)
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Did the kid at least try and eat the evidence before the coppers found it?
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Old 05-08-2010, 08:33 AM
 
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A week suspension! How ridiculous.

How many of these stories do we have to bear through before Americans get the word that our school systems are failing our kids.

It seams every week we read about a dumb decision some teacher or administrator has made.

And some wonder why we don't trust the teachers union and the NEA.
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Old 05-08-2010, 08:41 AM
 
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And yet ANOTHER reason to get our kids out of the public fools schools...
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Old 05-08-2010, 08:49 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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This was the school acting..not the Texas rules. That junk food rule pertains to what the school serves in their cafeteria..not what the kids bring from home.

Jolly Rancher lands Fort Bend County third-grader in detention for a week | khou.com | Khou.com - News, Houston news, Texas News, Headlines

"According to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s website, “The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy (TPSNP) explicitly states that it does not restrict what foods or beverages parents may provide for their own children's consumption.”
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Old 05-08-2010, 08:58 AM
 
Location: 3rd rock from the sun
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Mom opposes 3rd-grader's detention over candy | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

... after getting punished for having a Jolly Rancher at lunch. The friend who gave her the hard candy also got in trouble.
.... The district prohibits students from having candy and gum on campus,
.... Still, Ellis said that Brazos Elementary spelled out its own policy and punishment in its “Parent Survival Guide.”

But the wording isn't as simple as, “No candy allowed.”

Specifically, the guide says, “The elementary campus has food of minimal nutritional value that is restricted to students during the school day including soda water, water ices, chewing gum, certain candies including hard candy, jellies and gums, marshmallow candies, fondant, licorice, spun candy, and candy-coated popcorn.”


http://www.kens5.com/news/Sweet-Joll...-93060279.html
According to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s website, “The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy (TPSNP) explicitly states that it does not restrict what foods or beverages parents may provide for their own children's consumption.”
Brazos Elementary Principal Jeanne Young, said the problem, in this instance, was that the candy was provided by another student – not the girl’s parents.
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Old 05-08-2010, 09:15 AM
 
Location: New Kensington (Parnassus) ,Pa
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A third-grader in a small Fort Bend school district has received a week-long suspension because of a rogue Jolly Rancher consumed at lunch, KHOU reported.

The parents are upset, and the incident seems to stem from confusion over state nutrition guidelines. We're sure it will all get settled.

Leighann Adair, Third-Grader: Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession - Houston News - Hair Balls
Execute her! I am so sick of this zhit!!!!!!
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Old 05-08-2010, 10:47 AM
 
Location: Neither here nor there
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So it makes a mess when dropped. That's the only mess kids make????
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