MrsG728
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This happened where I used to work and they banned children's birthday parties in elementary schools there too. I am totally against this, because of my firm belief that holiday foods should be consumed on holidays. Children will not learn that cake and ice cream can be consumed once in awhile if they eat them every single day. Birthdays are a perfect way of showing this.
In HS, bake sales are essential for fundraisers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/us/10bake.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
PIEDMONT, Calif. Tommy Cornelius and the other members of the Piedmont High School boys water polo team never expected to find themselves running through school in their Speedos to promote a bake sale across the street. But times have been tough since the school banned homemade brownies and cupcakes.
The old-fashioned school bake sale, once as American as apple pie, is fast becoming obsolete in California, a result of strict new state nutrition standards for public schools that regulate the types of food that can be sold to students. The guidelines were passed by lawmakers in 2005 and took effect in July 2007. They require that snacks sold during the school day contain no more than 35 percent sugar by weight and derive no more than 35 percent of their calories from fat and no more than 10 percent of their calories from saturated fat.
more at link.
In HS, bake sales are essential for fundraisers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/us/10bake.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
PIEDMONT, Calif. Tommy Cornelius and the other members of the Piedmont High School boys water polo team never expected to find themselves running through school in their Speedos to promote a bake sale across the street. But times have been tough since the school banned homemade brownies and cupcakes.
The old-fashioned school bake sale, once as American as apple pie, is fast becoming obsolete in California, a result of strict new state nutrition standards for public schools that regulate the types of food that can be sold to students. The guidelines were passed by lawmakers in 2005 and took effect in July 2007. They require that snacks sold during the school day contain no more than 35 percent sugar by weight and derive no more than 35 percent of their calories from fat and no more than 10 percent of their calories from saturated fat.
more at link.