Leighann Adair, 10. Detention for Jolly Rancher

[Valasca]

A third-grader at Brazos Elementary was given a week’s detention for possessing a Jolly Rancher.

School officials in western Fort Bend County are defending the seemingly harsh sentence. The school’s principal and superintendent said they were simply complying with a state law that limits junk food in schools.

But the girl’s parents say it’s a huge overreaction.

“I think it’s stupid to give a kid a week’s worth of detention for a piece of candy,” said Amber Brazda, the girl’s mother. "The whole thing was just ridiculous to me."

Leighann Adair, 10, was eating lunch Monday when a teacher confiscated the candy. Her parents said she was in tears when she arrived home later that afternoon and handed them the detention notice.

According to the disciplinary referral, she would be separated from other students during lunch and recess through Friday.

According to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s website, “The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy (TPSNP) explicitly states that it does not restrict what foods or beverages parents may provide for their own children's consumption.”

Brazos Elementary Principal Jeanne Young, said the problem, in this instance, was that the candy was provided by another student – not the girl’s parents.

The girl’s mother said the incident has taught her daughter a lesson, but not the one her teachers intended.

“I told her, ‘Leighann, unfortunately you’re learning very young that life’s not fair,'” Brazda said

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http://www.khou.com/news/Candy-Gets-...-93033319.html

I think this just took things too far.

[cubby]

So what happened to the child that supplied the candy obviously she had more than one to be able share? Was she suspended for the rest of the school year? This is so stupid. Maybe tell the child she shouldn't take candy from other people and maybe write a note to her parents. but I believe just saying you're not supposed to have candy and taking it from her would have been enough. What's next calling the food police?

[Pene784]

“I told her, ‘Leighann, unfortunately you’re learning very young that life’s not fair,'” Brazda said

I think maybe she is learning she better follow the rules or she will be punished. She is not just being punished for having candy, she is being punished for breaking the rules. A week of detention is a lot of detention, but I betcha she won't do it again.