No sale
The New York Times reports that the New York City school system, as part of an effort to encourage better nutrition and healthful eating, has effectively banned most school bake sales. Bake sales are one of the traditional ways schools and PTAs raise money to supplement taxpayer funds, but education officials want to limit how much sugar and fat students consume at school.
Do you think prohibiting bake sales was a sound decision by the school system? Leave a comment below.
October 6th, 2009 @ 9:29 am
This makes no sense. Bake sale customers are primarily parents and community members, not kids. The fact that there are school officials with time on their hands to devise this policy is a further sign that administration can be cut some more.
October 9th, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
I think it’s a great idea. It keeps the message of the nutrition and health curriculum consistent with what the students are seeing in the school each day. However, if they were using the proceeds of the bake sale to buy health textbooks, it may cause a problem!
October 13th, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
Perhaps the schools could still do bake sales but have healthy baked goods rather than the high-sugar, high-carb, high-fat variety normally present at these bake sales. A contest could even be part of the event to find the tastiest “light & healthy” recipe. Just a thought . . .