[blparent] No more bake sales?

[Robert Shelton]

Dang! You folks are good.  We had a slightly different twist down here.  The
school board tried to get rid of bake sales and the like by waving the
obesity card.  Turned out that the district was getting big bucks from the
vending machine company who didn't want competition for the market (our
kids) that they thought they'd bought and paid for.  We have a new school
board now -- local politics sometimes works.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Jackson [mailto:jennifersjackson at att.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 5:44 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?

Exercise at school, or perhaps I should say the lack there of, is a real
problem. My second grader has p.e. three days one week and two days the next
as they alternate. He also only has one recess. Yet people question why
concerns about ADHD and other neurological issues are on the rise especially
amongst boys. My boys have the real deal in ADGHD, but it is really just
crazy to expect kids to be still and quiet all day. Many elementary schools
even have no talking rules for the lunch room.  

I will praise my kids principal for instituting a rule against taking recess
away as a punishment. However, when our new school building was built two
years ago about two blocks from the old building, the outdoor elements for
car pick up and drop off were greatly considered, but pedestrian traffic is
discouraged.

At least this new bake sale law will remove some of the hypocrisy that
currently goes on with food at school. We are not allowed to send cupcakes
for our kids birthdays anymore because it is a "healthy" school, but
professional pr people can come in and get my kids all excited to sell over
priced candy for fund raisers. That would be me sidetracking into politics
too. :) I just think it would be more appropriate to teach kids that
occasional goodies as special treats are part of a healthy diet instead of
teaching them to put moral equivalents on food.


Jennifer

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Michael Baldwin
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 6:45 AM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?

it is not the problem of lack of exercise at school, it is a problem with
lack of exercise at home.
It is all this new electronic stuff. The kids can sit on their butt and get
"entertained". They d not have to go outside and run and ride bikes and
climb trees anymore for "fun". Oh wait, kids can not do that either, cause
they might get hurt. Yep, it is societies fault kids are the way they are.
pretty soon the government will pass laws to make parents take there kids to
mandatory exercise programs. Don't laugh, I can see it coming. Anyways, just
my $0.02 before I get to political on the subject.

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 1:46 AM
To: Jo Elizabeth Pinto; Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?

That's an interenting approach to the problem. I'm just as concerned with
the lack of physical exercise that kids are getting in school. If kids
aren't getting enough exercise no matter what they are eating we will still
have the problem with overweight kids in this country.

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