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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid, but the teacher's classroom.

Certain things are not allowed in her classroom, and the parents should respect that. It's always going to be a gray area, and there will always be disagreement, but saying no junk food allowed in the classroom is perfectly reasonable.

This is not coming from an anti-junk food, crazed organic person perspective--I actually do like Fritos.[/quote]

The problem with any bans on food is how do you define good from bad? I can see if a school banned soda and candy but even that line can get blurry. Are 100% carbonated juice drinks allowed? Do yogurt covered pretzels count as candy? How do you define "junk food"? White bread often has more sugar than candy - is white bread OK? Are pretzels healthier than corn chips? What if those chips are they kind with lots of sprouted seeds and omega-3s? It starts to get a bit silly and judgmental.

Also, it is one thing if the school has a policy but I don't see why a teacher gets to make such a policy and gets to be food police. Maybe if that teacher is also a licensed nutritionist it would be a different story...
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