Oct 16, 2012
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Teachers across several states are patrolling hallways searching for students in possession of snack food contraband but there’s one hot & spicy treat that is Enemy Number One – Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.
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“We don’t allow candy, and we don’t allow Hot Cheetos,” Rita Exposito, principal of Jackson Elementary School in Pasadena, Calif., told the Chicago Tribune. “We don’t encourage other chips, but if we see Hot Cheetos, we confiscate them – sometimes after the child has already eaten most of them.”
Yes, you read that correctly. Teachers at Jackson Elementary school confiscate contraband bags of Cheetos.
A spokesman for the Pasadena School system told Fox News that the ban was part of a district-wide wellness policy – and that most of the guidelines come from the federal government.
The spokesman said during school hours they are responsible for the students – and that includes their health.
There are reports of similar Cheetos crackdowns in Illinois and New Mexico.
In Albuquerque, a seventh grade health teacher sent a letter to parents calling for a ban on the Frito-Lay product.
The teacher at Lyndon B. Johnson M idle School warned parents that Hot Cheetos are not only unhealthy but can also spread germs – because the students share their Cheetos. The teacher also complained to parents that the snack food is too messy.
“They have that red dye in them and the kids get that all over their hands and track it all over everything and the custodians have to clean it up,” Albuquerque Schools spokesman John Miller told Fox News. “They’re not big fans of that.”
For the record, Miller said there’s not a district-wide ban on Cheetos.
“She wanted to explain to them how they really aren’t very good for you,” he said, defending the teachers’ letter. “She broke down the fat content and calories. She wanted to share the information with the parents.”
Parents were also required to sign the letter and return it to the school.
“Cheetos are not banned,” he said. “The teacher encouraged the parents to watch the amount of snacks that go to school with kids – either in lunches or worse yet – as lunches.”
The Chicago Tribune reported that several charter schools – and the entire Rockford School District – have banned the snack food by name – because of nutritional concerns.
Frito-Lay released the following statement to Fox News:
“Frito-Lay is committed to responsible and ethical marketing practices, which includes not marketing our products to children ages 12 and under. We also do not decide which snacks are available on school campuses and do not sell snack products directly to schools.”
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Thank youb Federal Government for protecting us from this dangerous threat, our kids can sleep safely until they are taking their Adderall and Xanax.
Teacher: "Johnny what do you have behind your back?"
Johnny: "nothing maam! honest"
Teacher: "Johnny, that better not be a bag of cheetos… hmm, I see marijuana, meth, and some crack, but no cheetos, how disappointing… well Johnny, you better run along to class before you are late."
"Hot Cheetos are not only unhealthy but can also spread germs – because the students share their Cheetos. The teacher also complained to parents that the snack food is too messy." So sharing is unhealthy, and Cheetos are the reason children are messy. Got it.
Dear Government,
I appreciate your concern for my child's health Please continue to educate the population on the risks of eating, drinking, and smoking but leave the governing of my kids to me and respectfully bid out!
OK, I viewed lots of images of the Chicago teachers that were on strike recently and it appeared that at least 70% were VERY overweight. Besides, the libs having lunch police in the schools I believe a sinister ploy is also at work. The teachers are confiscating then eating all the Cheetos!
How much you want to bet the teachers are chowing down the confiscated contraband?
what's next send cops to kids homes to take their chips away. the gov is out of control soon you wont be able to go to the bathroom without permission.
what's next send cops to kids homes to take their chips away. the gov is out of control soon you wont be able to go to the bathroom without permission.
I am SOO glad we've solved all the more pressing problems in our schools – low math and reading scores, bullying and violence, sexual harassment and discrimination, and so many others we USED to have. Now we can concentrate on the REAL problems – like Flamin' Hot Cheetos!
Wow. Lets had morning after pills to thirteen year old girls but take away bags of Cheetos lol
So, according to the pointy headed liberal way of thinking, Hot Cheetos.
"…are not only unhealthy but can also spread germs – because the students share their Cheetos." and.
"… have that red dye in them and the kids get that all over their hands and track it all over everything and the custodians have to clean it up."… "They're not big fans of that."
To them it's the consumption of a snack product that causes illness instead of confining students into an unclean campus which is obviously only washed when visibly dirty. Everything groups of kids routinely touch should be sanitized daily; desk and table tops, doorknobs, handrails, computers and bathroom facilities. Doors and walls at hand height should be done at least weekly. And if you don't want to clean things up don't be a custodian.
Unless the students are sharing pre-chewed Cheetos with each other there is no way that Cheetos will cause a tenth the sickness that confinement in a filthy school environment will. They might as well blame Hot Cheetos for spreading head lice from student to student as they bend their heads together over the shared bag.
Yes lets force all the kids to eat "healthy" while they continually push drugs onto a generation of youths to keep them drugged to the gills.
A new study has be released regarding head injury so the government is going to mandate that everyone has to wear helmets the minute they leave there house.
Thank God I grew up when I did – 40+ years ago!
Thank God I grew up when I did – 40+ years ago!
How are Conservative Republicans made, when the left starts to interfere with kids food, and snacks, or tells them they cant have something that makes no sense. Liberals are the best thing to happen to conservative parties world wide. please ban more stuff from kids that makes no damn sense, they will learn how stupid you all really are.
First the came for alcohol and I didn't speak out because I did not drink.
Next they came for cigarettes and I I didn't speak out because I did not smoke.
Next they came for my 32 oz soda and I didn't speak out because I did drink soda.
Then they came for MY Flaming Hot Cheetos and there was no one left to speak for me.
First the came for alcohol and I didn't speak out because I did not drink.
Next they came for cigarettes and I didn't speak out because I did not smoke.
Next they came for my 32 oz soda and I didn't speak out because I did not drink soda.
Then they came for MY Flaming Hot Cheetos and there was no one left to speak for me.
Can we worry about exercise/physical education? Parents should make better choices for their kids than sending Cheetos. The overall well being and health is the parents responsibility…teach your kids to make good food choices, set an example.
So the schools can't seem to get a handle on anything else, but the anal megalomaniacs in charge of them feel they can tell the parents THAT PAY THEIR SALARIES what their children can eat.
Finally! The kids can't read but at least they're not eating Cheetos.
Finally! The kids can't read but at least they're not eating Cheetos.
Flamin' Hot Cheetos dust, it hurted my pee pee.
These are unhealthy……correct? So than why not ban the energy drinks that all the teenagers walk around with constantly?
Under Obo's' watch schools have become Liberal Indoctrination Centers."She broke down the fat content and calories. She wanted to share the information with the parents.” No, THAT info is already on the bag. They want control. I would eat lunch at school with my child and be sure to bring those Cheetos. Then try taking them from me. My kids don't really like Cheetos but a parent has the right to allow their child to eat them. For Obo and Co. guidelines from them ARE mandates because "under the radar" is how they get their way. If they can't intimidate they litigate.
Home School anybody?
Are you kidding me? I hope that this is a PRIVATE school we are talking about. Sounds like these teachers are definately overstepping their bounds and the rights of the parents to decide what to feed their children. Just another example of government overstepping the private choices and lives of Americans!
Saw on news, it was public i think
Hello people!!!! The custodians have to clean up behind the kids because they make a mess? 1) they are kids that's what they do 2) isn't that their job?
Duh!!!
Duh!!!
Hello people!!!! The custodians have to clean up behind the kids because they make a mess? 1) they are kids that's what they do 2) isn't that their job?
"They're not very good for you"? That's an understatement!
"They're not very good for you"? That's an understatement!
Stop messing with my junk food!!
Stop messing with my junk food!!
And my processed food and refined sugar!!
And my processed food and refined sugar!!
I loooovvvveee Cheetos. Dang it Heather Pickle
They confiscate them, and have them for a snack themselves later!
Maybe if the schools spent more time trying to properly educate students and crack down on bad behavior issues instead of misc. issues like "cheeto control", America's kids might even graduate with an eighth grade reading level. But why educate them when most of them are going to end up on welfare sucking at the government's teat for the rest of their lives? Hmmmmm…….Teachers unions take government money…….uneducated kids grow up to take government money……..and most of them vote for Democrats……..I wonder what's going on here……
This is ridiculous!!! Look for drugs and alcohol not cheetos!!!! Ugh!
The next thing to be banned will be any book the Libscum deem inapropriate like maybe a book about the Constitution or 'HORRORS' those nasty Terrorists who fought our war of Independance and 'GASP' used violence against armed British troops that were firing on them. WUSSIES.
Cheesy dust is the bane of education and knowledge.
more Obuma gov't babysitting that the dems/liberals need to survive.
What is wrong with trying to keep this crap out of our kids hands? In case you idiots haven't noticed, childhood obesity is an epidemic!
It's funny…because you Conservatives are FINE with schools banning same sex couples from attending the Sr. Prom…but if a school tries to ban a bag of chips you flip out about BIG GOVERNMENT!
You people are INSANE!
We do not need government at any level to determine what snacks we eat or feed our children. Teachers in fact are hobbled in their primary task by being forced to be enforcement officers for rules and regulations such as this.
great! So we ALSO don't need government at any level telling our children that they can't bring a same sex date to prom…right?
Yes I would find that to be axiomatic Bill but way off topic. I don't believe as rule that government can or should make personal decisions for people as it just doesn't work. Freedom is always the best solution. Not quite sure of your motives here but thanks for your feedback.
not surprised to hear this coming out of Cali. Are cheetos unhealthy yes not going to argue that point. If the schools don't want to sell it in the cafeteria and provide other healthy choices that's fine but don't demonize it, it'll just made them want it more. Educate the kids on healthy foods but its the parents decision in the end of what they want to feed their kids.
Maybe they should ban common sense, it is not used much any more.