Busybody school district bureaucrats are coming after school bake sales now

[bluestateguy]

If they had done this when I was in school, I would have participated in an underground cartel selling baked goods, candy and soda.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/school-bake-sales-become-_n_1478571.html

Is the tradition of school bake sales nearing an end?

At a time when school communities are forced to increase fundraising efforts amid tighter budgets, one hugely popular method of raising money for the basketball team or math club is at a crossroads -- with the national fight against childhood obesity.

In Maryland's Montgomery County, bake sales are not permitted during the day and school officials keep an ear to the ground to make sure that there's no underground sales of sweets, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

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[Liberal_in_LA]

1. heard this on the radio this morning. I didn't realize that bake sales were mostly to kids, rather

than adults.

[hlthe2b]

2. I don't defend this, but I"m sort of surprised it has taken this long...

Not because of healthy eating initiatives, but because of the lawyers who may fear a food-borne illness or vehicle for inflicting intentional harm.


At the same time more and more local health departments are no longer turning a blind eye on these unlicensed/unregulated food sales.

Again, I don't agree with the trend (and could readily counter the concerns with real facts that document the extremely minimal risk), but I can't say I'm surprised.

[bluestateguy]

3. School administrators are some of the most lawsuit-phobic people you will ever meet

And by and large they are people of limited intellect, mediocre talent and overpaid salaries.

[zbdent]

4. the school districts are going to have to rely on the profits from the Chem class

meth labs ...

[DCKit]

5. +1 The TeaPublicans are going to have to develop an awards system....

for all the self-supporting schools.

Can't wait to see the greenhouses.

[zbdent]

6. poor planning ... the snack machines are too far from the greenhouse smoking lounge ...

then again, that could be the plan to replace gym class ...