well say good bye to feild trips..

[RAWR]

atleast after this year, i'll only have 4 more years

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

You will miss it.....

 

[Prettiest Frog]

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Citation needed

Pot lucks are forbidden.

News to me, having one tomorrow in fact

Hay rides are also out. There is just too much liability there.

Went on one last fall, will go on another this spring, hitched the dog to the wagon and had an impromptu one for my kid and some neighbors just this morning.

Bake sales are out unless the goods come from an inspected bakery.

http://www.cookiesforkidscancer.org/

Treats sent to school must be packaged and from the store.

Depends on the school policy, but in 99% of schools you'll find you can send whatever treat you want for your own kids but there are particular strictures for what you are permitted to send for other people's kids without clearing it with those other people first. And good for that, I don't particularly want my kid eating things prepared in certain people's kitchens.

Anyone that volunteers for any youth group is just asking to be sued.

Again, citation needed.​

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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We have church suppers pot luck style all the time. We have an annual hay ride, and bake sales, and I volunteer when needed and haven't even been threatened to be sued EVER.....where do you live?!?!!? That way I know not to move there!

 

[Camelot Farms]

Here are your citations:

http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm409221.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/nyregion/03bakesale.html

http://tallahassee.momslikeme.com/members/JournalActions.aspx?g=445666&m=6999284&grpcat=

Just a few...

 

[RAWR]

they dont even let us have cupcakes anymore!
my little brother cryed when the school said, "no more yummys"

 

[balticbabe]

My school stopped doing them when I was in 3rd grade because the district was broke. As far I know the trips were never brought back. It's really a shame. Kids can learn so much. Now I suppose they are sat in front of a TV to watch How it's made which is a good show but not the same. Fortunately I was in Girl Scouts so we got to still do stuff.

 

[dot n'dave]

I was real fortunate as a kid that my parents took me places, but you know that there are so many kids who don't go anywhere (museums, historical sites, heck the beach) that they'll never have the opportunity unless its with school. Its such a shame.

 

[Prettiest Frog]

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Could. Now, show me where it actually has. A case where someone was actually punished for a church potluck dinner under this law. Seems to me they've already fixed this problem, and it amounted to pretty much a small, quickly corrected oversight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/nyregion/03bakesale.html

Actually discussing what bake sales are still allowed, and is specific to on campus during school hour sales. Absolutely nothing prohibits the students from setting up the bake sale off campus, on the weekend, etc.... Frankly, I have no problem with this. During school hours, my kid should be in class learning, not running a bake sale. Set the bake sale up after school is out, just off campus, where you can sell to both students and hungry parents, and you will have absolutely no problem (and make far more money) and the regulations do not prohibit this.

http://tallahassee.momslikeme.com/members/JournalActions.aspx?g=445666&m=6999284&grpcat=

A school policy preventing her from serving food cooked in her kitchen to other people's children who have allergies. I believe I covered this already. Like I said earlier, I don't want food coming from just anyone's kitchen to be served to my kid. Sorry, seen way too many cats on the countertops, dirty sponges, and tasting then stirring with the taste spoon in my time. I'm sorry that some good parents are disappointed, but, well, if everyone drove safely we wouldn't need seat belts either.

Look, I have a cousin who is fatally allergic to peanuts. Not once, not twice, but three times someone has given him food that contains peanuts because they 'didn't think it was that bad' or 'don't believe in allergies'. He can go to the hospital if someone slices their brownies with the same knife they used to spread peanut butter on toast and just wiped off with a paper towel.

As a kid playing at my neighbor's house, I saw my neighbor wipe her nose on the back of her hand, then use that same hand to dip her finger into a bowl of frosting so she could taste it. She then added a little more flavoring to the frosting, dipped her finger back in, and tasted it again.

Sadly, this is a regulation that very much exists for a very good reason.​

 

[giant pumpkin peep]

Why my school is awesome.

http://www.thegrahamschool.org/content/our-program


senoir year

http://www.thegrahamschool.org/content/walkabout

The first third of the year they took us a WHOLE boat load of places. This was to test who they could trust and who they couldn't. Like when we went to the zoo they bassicly said dont go alone, dont do anything stupid, here our number, meet back here at 230, and see you around. bye. Well, someone was caught stealing from the gift shop.

So now tues, and thurs I am working at a day care center working with young kids. So we have school m,w,f. You get the idea.