Part XIII The Lefts Assault On American Values

Brazos Elementary School, Orchard TX, was given a week’s detention because her parents had sent a Jolly Rancher for her with her lunch.  Leighann Adair, 10, was eating lunch Monday when a teacher confiscated the candy. Her parents said she was in tears when she arrived home later that afternoon and handed them the detention notice.



For possessing the Jolly Rancher the disciplinary referral stated, she would be separated from other students during lunch and recess through Friday.   Jack Ellis, the superintendent for Brazos Independent School District said the school was abiding by a state guideline that banned “minimal nutrition” foods.

“Whether or not I agree with the guidelines, we have to follow the rules,” he said.  The state, however, gives each school discretion over how to enforce the policy. Ellis said school officials had decided a stricter punishment was necessary after lesser penalties failed to serve as a deterrent.

Ellis said failing to adhere to the state’s guidelines could put federal funding in jeopardy.

According to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s website, “The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy (TPSNP) explicitly states that it does not restrict what foods or beverages parents may provide for their own children's consumption.”

The girl’s mother said the incident has taught her daughter a lesson, but not the one her teachers intended.   “I told her, ‘Leighann, unfortunately you’re learning very young that life’s not fair,'” Brazda said.

How can a school or school district lose federal funding because a child has a Jolly rancher?  This is again intrusion by the government in private lives.  We are free Americans and capable of making decisions for ourselves and our children.  How did we make it and grow to adulthood without all of this government intusion?

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