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"You can't eat that."
Topic Started: Oct 5 2016, 08:51 AM (149 Views)
George K
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Finally
Teachers confiscate kids' lunches.
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Whitby mom of two Elaina Daoust says she was “infuriated” last year when her son, then in junior kindergarten at Romeo Dallaire P.S. in Ajax, was told he was not allowed to eat a small piece of banana bread for his morning snack, because it contained chocolate chips.

Instead he was instructed to eat grapes out of his lunch.

“He came home with a chart (listing healthy snack ideas) and told me he and the teacher talked about it and healthy choices. She also sent a note to me. I was really, really, really mad for several reasons,” Daoust says.

She explains that her son is a picky eater, and that she bought the snack-size banana bread because many teachers discourage home-baked treats, and these were labelled as being nut-free and safe for school.

“It’s not like he had chips or a chocolate bar,” Daoust says, noting that she has sent the banana bread to her children’s new school this year with no issues so far.

Healthy eating is a big part of Ontario’s health and physical education curriculum.

Students in Grade 1 are taught “how the food groups in Canada’s Food Guide can be used to make healthy food choices,” while the Grade 3 component encourages students to eat “local, fresh foods.”

Officials with the Durham Catholic District School Board say there is a difference between lessons on healthy eating, and critiquing what a child brings in a lunch bag.

“There is nowhere in our policy or procedures that says our staff is allowed to take food away from a student,” says James MacKinnon, a teaching and learning consultant with the DCDSB.

He adds there is also nothing at the board level that directs teachers to comment on whether food brought to school by a student is healthy — the same goes for lunch monitors who work in the classrooms.

MacKinnon says class discussions about healthy eating are important, but that individual students should not be singled out.

“It’s up to students to share that information with their parents, we’re educating and promoting but not dealing with it at snack time,” he notes.

Durham District School Board officials declined an interview, however Superintendent Luigia Ayotte did issue a statement.

“We understand there may have been some issues with regard to certain foods students bring for snacks and lunches, but food preferences and choice remain with students and parents unless they pose an adverse allergic danger to other students,” she said.

More than 30 local parents shared stories with the Metroland Media Group Ltd., Durham Region Division.

Common examples of food discouraged in their children’s classrooms include Goldfish crackers, Bear Paws cookies, granola bars, string cheese, Jello, juice boxes, pudding cups, gummy fruit snacks, raisins, Animal Crackers, chocolate milk and Sun Chips.
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Local mom Tami DeVries says when her son was in kindergarten his lunch of kielbasa, cheese and Wheat Thins crackers was confiscated and replaced with Cheerios, while Alicia Nesbitt was “furious” that her stepdaughter, currently in Grade 1 with the Durham Catholic District School Board, had chips removed from her lunch the first week of school.

“She came home and told me they weren’t a ‘healthy choice,’” Nesbitt says. “That may be true, but the rest of her lunch and snacks were very healthy and it’s up to parents if they want to put a little treat in for their kids. Unless the school wants to provide lunches, I don’t really think it’s their business.”
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
If I sent my kid to school with something in his lunch box that I had deemed ok for him to eat and the school took it away from him and wouldn't let him eat it, the school board would remember me for a long, long time.
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Rainman
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The healthy eating craze has been going on for years in schools.

The kids are still fat. The food sux.

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John D'Oh
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Apparently gin's a big no-no, too. There's no pleasing some people.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Copper
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George K
Oct 5 2016, 08:51 AM
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her stepdaughter, currently in Grade 1 with the Durham Catholic District School Board, had chips removed from her lunch the first week of school.

Now the student is hungry and hates her teacher.

Carry on.
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Friday
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George K
Oct 5 2016, 08:51 AM
[Common examples of food discouraged in their children’s classrooms include Goldfish crackers, Bear Paws cookies, granola bars, string cheese, Jello, juice boxes, pudding cups, gummy fruit snacks, raisins, Animal Crackers, chocolate milk and Sun Chips.]

Raisins? What's wrong with raisins?
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Riley
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HOLY CARP!!!
Sounds like it's a case of rogue teachers, and not condoned by the school or school board.
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Rainman
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Riley:
Sounds like it's a case of rogue teachers, and not condoned by the school or school board.

I agree. If there is no policy or anything in the Collective Bargaining agreement, there is nothing wrong, as long as the teacher has not violated policy or CBA.

I had a 2nd grade teacher tell me awhile ago that she felt it her role and responsibility, to help her students find their sexual identity.
2nd grade!

I stood there in awe.
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Friday
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I wish I had been you with that teacher. Statements like that fascinate me and I would have grilled her like BlackandDecker.

Why does she feel that way?
Was she sexually abused?
How does she help them find their identity?
How does she deal with the parents?
Do a lot of 2nd graders know what sexual identity even is?
Is this approved by the school?

See? I could go on and on.
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John D'Oh
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Well, I can certainly see why this is headline news.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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John D'Oh
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Next time I'm "infuriated" over something minor I think I'm going to phone the local newspaper.
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