Teachers told to spy on pupils' packed lunches
London -- Education and Employment Committee - House of Commons, British Nutrition Foundation, Local Authority Caterers Association TEACHERS are being urged by MPs to spy on their pupils' packed lunches to check the nutritional content. Too many parents send crisps and confectionary instead of fruit, says the Commons education and employment select committee. The MPs fear the popularity of packed lunches will undermine efforts to re-introduce minimum nutritional standards for school dinners by 2002. They recommend that head teachers work with governors and parents to agree ways to monitor lunch boxes. The MPs are also concerned by the segregation of children eating hot meals and those taking packed lunches. Children frequently said they gave up dinners so they could sit with friends taking lunch boxes. Schools should make it a priority to provide enough space for them to sit together. "We would prefer peer pressure to work in the direction of encouraging pupils to opt in rather than opt out of school meals."My Sardonic Thoughts
- So now it's up to the teachers to make sure that the student's parents are feeding them right?
- What's next? John, please pull down your pants so I can make sure you're wearing the right kind of underwear? John, at this school we wear briefs, not boxers.
- I can see it now... Mary, when was the last time you went to the dentist?
NY governor blasts Board of Ed for having dead children on school attendance rolls
NEW YORK (AP) -- A state commission investigating possible attendance fraud in New York City's public school system has found widespread, systemic abuse, including listing dead children among those reporting to class each day. Gov. George Pataki said Monday that the Moreland Act Commission's findings showed "a conscious pattern of abuse and fraud" aimed at inflating school rolls and getting state allocated money. He renewed his call to abolish the city Board of Education.My Sardonic Thoughts
- So, the answer is to do away with the Board of Education?
- Maybe the teachers couldn't tell if the kids were alive or dead?
- Maybe they should do away with the teachers?
- Heck, who needs school anyway?
- What I want to know, is who came up with the list of children?
- And, who figured it out?
