According to yesterday's New York Times, the Education Department of New York City issued a three-page memo in June which banned most bake sales as fund raising tools. Parent groups and Parent-Teacher Groups will be allowed to sell baked items once a month as long as it is after lunch. They are also allowed to sell sweets after 6 pm on weekdays.
According to the article:
"The new policy also requires that vending machines, which generate millions of dollars for school sports, be supplied with snacks such as reduced-fat Baked Doritos and low-sugar granola bars. A new vending machine contract is expected to be approved on Wednesday by the Panel for Educational Policy, the school oversight board. Student stores will be able to sell only approved snacks bought from the new vendor, rather than obtain the food themselves, as they once did."
There is nothing wrong with taking measures to improve the health of students, but this is intrusive. I also have a hard time believing that the biggest problem facing the New York City school system is vending machines and bake sales. This is government overreach and needs to be stopped.
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