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A parent posted this photo of a note sent home with their child to social media last week.
A parent posted this photo of a note sent home with their child to social media last week.
Parents are sounding off on social media about a "traffic light policy" implemented at many primary schools that encourages teachers to rummage through students' food from home and determine what's "appropriate" for them to eat, WAToday reports.
"This means deep fried food of any description, sweet sandwich fillings, high fat sandwich meats, confectionery, soft drinks, cordial, fruit juice, sport drinks, croissants, doughnuts, iced buns, slices and flavored water are all considered 'off the menu,'" according to the site.
"A school may choose to subscribe to the policy, and must inform parents of their guidelines."But parents contend different teachers interpret the guidelines differently, with one parent complaining her daughter's teacher confiscated the girl's sultanas because she considered them "high sugar."
Comment: The overreach of petty authoritarians continues. It doesn't seem to occur to those who teach in 'a lower socio-economic area' that perhaps the lunches those kids bring are all the parents can afford? The twisted economic system operating in the world today doesn't create enough decent jobs to allow those parents to feed their kids decent food.