Another bust for the Liberal No Fun Police.

Via Fox 43:

The Derry Township School District in Dauphin County is changing its food policy. Parents can still send food for classroom parties, but the district is asking people not to send cupcakes or other snacks to school with students for their birthdays and other special recognitions.

“We’re trying to encourage non-food rewards for students. So that applies to birthday parties, successes they may have in the classroom,” said Dan Tredinnick, Director of School & Community Information with Derry Township School District. “We don’t think that snacks are a bad thing. We think that snacks have a place in everybody’s diet, but food served in schools brings with a whole host of challenges. I think that there’s other ways that we can collaboratively make kids feel special, and recognize their accomplishments, that don’t necessarily have to involve food.”

Although a policy has been in place since 2008 the district is now focusing on food for a number of reasons. “There is a whole host of problems that come with bringing food into the classroom; nutrition is part of it, so are things like allergies,” said Tredinnick. He said cutting down on classroom distraction is also part of the change. “When you have 25 students in an elementary school classroom, if everybody is bringing something in, that’s a lot of time away from tasks.”

The District sent home a letter asking parents to instead consider sending items like pencils, pens, and stickers.

“We are not banning snacks, but we are steering folks who prefer to provide snacks, to do so as part of the four seasonal classroom parties each elementary room schedules,” said Tredinnick. “There’s going to be no cupcake cops or anything like that. This is a collaboration with our community.”

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