Our view: Ice cream ban crosses the line
Massachusetts
It's time to stop the madness. The ban on ice cream fundraisers at Peabody High School crosses the line between reasonable educational policy and bureaucratic hysteria.
What's next? Neighborhood ice cream vendors leaning out of their trucks checking IDs to determine whether kids are old enough to purchase their favorite treat? A tax on all frozen products containing sugar? (Not so far-fetched given the governor's recent proposal for a tax on candy.)
Just as North Shore residents young and old are looking forward to that first visit to their favorite, summertime ice cream stand, school administrators in Peabody announce a ban on ice cream fundraisers at the high school.
These are one of the few, fun ways student clubs have of earning money. The National Honor Society holds one to finance its annual induction ceremony. Editors of the school newspaper say they might have to cut back on publication without the resources their fundraiser provides. Some money goes to charity, some to buy plants and flowers to dress up the front entrance of the otherwise drab Lowell Street complex.
But it seems the school lunch people don't like the competition from the noontime sales; and, besides, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education feels they're contrary to state and local "wellness" policies.
http://www.salemnews.com/puopinion/local_story_086214145.html?keyword=topstoryYAY more missionaries trying to save us from our sins.
Jesus does not need to come back, there are a whole bunch of them running around saving us :rofl:
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