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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. All the screens make it difficult for them to entertain themselves without, cause eye strain, make them distracted.

2. Crap processed food everywhere you turn. Compare to France and Japan where they have freshly cooked appetizing school lunches, no snacks allowed

Yes I know we as parents can tell our kids to not get distracted by the school laptops, and to only eat their healthy packed lunch. And hopefully they will listen. But why do schools make it so tempting for them to do things that will affect their long-term health? Why not inculcate healthy habits instead?[/quote]

Agreed.  I have a first grader and have said to my DH several times that I'm convinced the intent of public schools is to get kids addicted to screens and junk food.  [/quote]

It really feels that way at our school (which we are trying to leave). I found out about midway through the year that my kid was watching videos in half of their specials, just for the whole time. They'd show up to music or PE or whatever, and then the teacher would put on a 30 minute video. Sometimes the videos were interactive but not even all the time! Yes, even in PE. I was livid.

They give out candy daily.

At one point they were playing the kids cartoons during lunch. I only found out because my child (who takes a packed lunch) complained that she couldn't see the screen from her seat in the cafeteria. Like literally this school was showing cartoons so that the kids could zone out during lunch while eating their terrible processed crap lunch (the school lunch is bad but a lot of kids are bringing even worse lunches from home -- Doritos, lunchables, fruit snacks -- just low-nutrient processed garbage).

I cannot wait to put this school in the rear view. If I didn't work I would have pulled DD out to homeschool already this year.[/quote]

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