Mooch’s obsessive need to control the food intake of students is out of control.
Via Marietta Daily Journal: Upsetting the coffee cart: Federal regulations limit curriculum along with choices
….Limits on the calorie counts of foods that may be sold to students have interfered with the special education and culinary arts programs at Marietta High School, said Principal Leigh Colburn.
The special education students sold coffee and food such as muffins to teachers and students every morning last year, but Colburn said the calorie counts of those items fall outside the new regulations because they’re more than 200 calories, which is the limit for a snack sold outside of lunch….
The cart was operated and stocked by the 16 students in the special education program, but since August, the coffee cart has been locked in a closet because the students can’t sell to other students, Colburn said.
“That was the way (special education) kids interacted with (other) kids. It’s a big part of who (the special education students) were. They were learning to take orders, to make change, to make coffee, but mostly they were communicating with kids and the kids were communicating back,” Colburn said….
Dale Gibson, a special education teacher at Marietta High School, said the coffee cart program created an environment of inclusiveness in the school.
“The (special education) kids would greet customers, take orders and prepare the items,” Gibson said. “The general education kids would call them by name, and they looked forward to seeing our kids come and if they didn’t see them for a day, they would ask about them.”
Christy Hunt, a special education teacher, said the coffee cart was also essential to teaching special education students the skills they need for a job….
Hunt said running the coffee cart helps the students learn communication, speech and money management skills in a real-life setting….
Meanwhile:
Via Fox News: Georgia special ed kids’ food cart is latest casualty of federal calorie count
….A correspondent for CQ Roll Call tweeted out a picture of a vending machine at the White House that contained a 570-calorie honey bun.
White House vending machine sells a "Jumbo Honey Bun" with 590 calories, 17g of saturated fat and 30g of sugar pic.twitter.com/5v9qfueXJA
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) September 15, 2014
Related:
Warner Todd Huston: Breitbart — Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Program: $4 Million in Food Thrown in Trash Each Day
The Obama’s can’t leave too soon. I only hope there is something left for us to salvage. 851 days…