Please, somebody tell me what the kids did wrong here:
Officials at Reidsville Middle School suspended two students last week after their parents brought them fast food for lunch, violating a policy that prohibits outside food.
On Thursday, Charles Finney brought his daughter food from McDonald’s for lunch. That night, Brittney, an eighth-grader, came home with a letter warning against bringing fast food to the cafeteria.
The next day, Finney didn’t think he was doing anything wrong when he brought her a hamburger in a plain, brown bag. But Brittney was suspended for three days.
“Well, Thursday I was made, because this isn’t the first time he’s done it,” said Brittney. “And Friday, it made me mad, but I just called my daddy and I knew he would fix it.”
Finney said the principal told him the school policy does not allow outside food because it competes with child nutrition standards.
“They can’t tell you what to feed your child, as long as it’s in a brown paper bag,” Finney said. “It ain’t no contest. As long as you feed your child, what’s the point?”
Now I have to ask what’s worse —suspending the other student or making her work as a janitor?
Via Right Angles.
