By the time the Panel for Educational Policy was ready to vote on bake sales in its monthly meeting on Wednesday night it was already after 11:30. Elizabeth Puccini, was waiting to speak out against the new policy, which bans most bake sales but allows students to sell premade items including Pop-Tarts and Doritos. “What’s to prevent a child from buying two or three bags of the permitted Doritos or Frito-Lay chips? As much as the D.O.E. might like to control what our children eat, it’s impossible to regulate how much they eat unless a monitor is stationed at every school fund-raising event" she said. She probably think that this policy is a waste of time because their children are surrounded by many stores so there is no stopping them if they want to buy snacks unless parents stop giving their children money. Now that would cause problems if they did. The deputy chancellor commented that the permitted foods they have are not necessarily the they recommend for students. She said a apple would be a better snack. With the clock nearing midnight, there was little discussion. The policy was approved unanimously. For the article click here.
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