The Department of Education has officially rescinded Regulation A-812. We are now reviewing the new guidelines to ensure that parent-led fundraising efforts remain protected moving forward.
April 18, 2010
Final supporters
Dear Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein: I’m a NYC Resident and strong supporter of parents and their children in the New York City public school system. I am opposed to the new Chancellor Regulation A-812 banning home-baked foods from being sold in schools from the hours of 8am-6pm (with the exception of one PTA sponsored fundraiser a month) while permitting highly processed, packaged food items, like Doritos, Frito Lay Chips and Pop-Tarts, instead. I believe this regulation will do nothing to fight childhood obesity and only succeeds in teaching children that junk food is healthier for them than foods cooked at home, a policy that will only end up encouraging a lifetime of bad eating habits. Students in this city desperately depend on home-baked foods to raise money for sports teams, field trips, art and music programs, which are rapidly disappearing due to severe budget cuts. I am urging you both to repeal the City’s ban on the sale of baked goods in our city’s schools. Junk food has no business in our schools anyway. Sincerely,
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March 21, 2010
March 17, 2010
I am currently drafting a formal letter to Chancellor Klein to outline the specific impact of these restrictions on school program funding. Two local news outlets have reached out for interviews regarding the contradiction between this regulation and existing snack policies. I will provide a summary of their inquiries as soon as those discussions conclude.
Reached 100 supporters
March 13, 2010
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If they want to fight obesity they should look at the lunch menu not the pta bake sale.
Ridiculous. My kid loves the brownies the pta makes and its way better than buying chemical filled bags of chips from the machine.
total nonsense. they r killing the sports teams by blocking this money.
LEAVE OUR BAKE SALES ALONE!!!! This is just one more way to take funding away from our kids programs.
Seems like they r just trying to control everything possible. Let the parents bake sweets if they want.
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The Department of Education has officially rescinded Regulation A-812. We are now reviewing the new guidelines to ensure that parent-led fundraising efforts remain protected moving forward.
April 18, 2010
Final supporters
Dear Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein: I’m a NYC Resident and strong supporter of parents and their children in the New York City public school system. I am opposed to the new Chancellor Regulation A-812 banning home-baked foods from being sold in schools from the hours of 8am-6pm (with the exception of one PTA sponsored fundraiser a month) while permitting highly processed, packaged food items, like Doritos, Frito Lay Chips and Pop-Tarts, instead. I believe this regulation will do nothing to fight childhood obesity and only succeeds in teaching children that junk food is healthier for them than foods cooked at home, a policy that will only end up encouraging a lifetime of bad eating habits. Students in this city desperately depend on home-baked foods to raise money for sports teams, field trips, art and music programs, which are rapidly disappearing due to severe budget cuts. I am urging you both to repeal the City’s ban on the sale of baked goods in our city’s schools. Junk food has no business in our schools anyway. Sincerely,
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 21, 2010
March 17, 2010
I am currently drafting a formal letter to Chancellor Klein to outline the specific impact of these restrictions on school program funding. Two local news outlets have reached out for interviews regarding the contradiction between this regulation and existing snack policies. I will provide a summary of their inquiries as soon as those discussions conclude.
Reached 100 supporters
March 13, 2010
6 Comments
How does a brownie stop a kid from being healthy but a poptart is perfectly fine? This makes zero sense.
If they want to fight obesity they should look at the lunch menu not the pta bake sale.
Ridiculous. My kid loves the brownies the pta makes and its way better than buying chemical filled bags of chips from the machine.
total nonsense. they r killing the sports teams by blocking this money.
LEAVE OUR BAKE SALES ALONE!!!! This is just one more way to take funding away from our kids programs.
Seems like they r just trying to control everything possible. Let the parents bake sweets if they want.
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How does a brownie stop a kid from being healthy but a poptart is perfectly fine? This makes zero sense.