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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I agree with many of these sentiments, but parents who complain to administration about the sugar content of the yogurt are barking up the wrong tree. MCPS administrators have nothing to do with the food served in the building. If parents want to fight that fight, take it to the county and out of the schools.[/quote]

I'm the PP for whom the yogurt isn't a huge issue (since we pack lunches), but I do know what happened there and the folks who cared about this did take it to the county level.  I believe they had a meeting with some muckity-muck in the nutrition department at MCPS, and then invited the biggest muckity-muck to the school for an event.  It was actually totally appropriate advocacy, working up the chain of command.

I would also note that the same folks who worked on the Great Yogurt Debacle organized the school community to come shovel the blacktop after Snowmageddon so the kids could have outdoor recess as soon as MCPS went back to school since the district prioritized snow removal in parking lots but not playgrounds.  These are parents who care a lot about nutrition and also making sure kids get outdoor activity as often as possible.

We all have things we are passionate about, and I'm pretty much happy any time parents invest in their local public school community.  [/quote]

Funny that you also cite the outdoor recess crowd.  In addition to the yogurt crowd, this is the other group of vocal people who, in my opinion, seem to make an issue out of something that really isn't one.  This is the aspect of ESS that I find the least down to earth.  [/quote]

This is interesting to me, because I can see how a person would be annoyed at advocacy around food, since it is relatively easy for those who don't like the cafeteria options to have their child opt out.  You can't opt out of indoor recess, though.  If you happen to have a child who is more successful when they are able to move their bodies for a half hour in the middle of the day, then that seems like a much more obvious reason to get involved.  The thing about indoor recess is that it isn't recess.  It's free time, but the kids are expected to play board games or read books.  That's fine for many kids, but other kids really need a physical release.

I think this is a problem all over the county, to be honest.  A lot of kids are better students when they get some outdoor time, but MCPS is pretty conservative when it comes to indoor recess policies.  I've heard it cited quite often as a reason why families, particularly of boys in K-2, would choose private schools that offer longer recess, or recess twice a day.  [/quote]

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