state of school lunches has been a point of debate for many since Michelle Obama’s Healthy‚ Hunger-Free Kids Act signed into law December of 2010‚ giving full authority to the USDA in setting the nutritional standards for all foods regularly sold in school lunch lines‚ stores‚ and vending machines. The law was set to provide additional funding to meet the updated standards‚ however‚ the cost was severely underestimated. Using data provided by Medicaid‚ eligibility for the free or reduced school lunch
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children do not know it yet. Making kids practice their swimming only makes them better‚ like anything else in life. It is common logic that a child should rather be a little embarrassed that he has trouble swimming rather than paying the price a year later at a pool
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Beginning a high school day at 7:20AM is too early for students to be fully awake and to succeed academically. An early school start does not allow students to receive the recommended hours of sleep. A lack of sleep can negatively affect the health of high school students. Starting school extremely early in the day prevents students from having the mental efficiency to be successful in morning classes. High schools should change their academic school day beginning time from 7:20AM to 9:00PM. It
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Starting school marks a turning point for a child and their parents. This momentous occasion represents a first step outside of the family sphere‚ a sign that the baby has grown up. Typically children experience this right of passage around five or six‚ however I passed that threshold at 14. I started attending public school in eighth grade. I told my mom that I wanted to go to school so that I could have an official transcript without her having to make one. However‚ I also wanted a sense of structure
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School Uniforms Many public schools are now going to some form of dress code or school uniform for its student’s body. Take a stand for or against a dress code or uniforms. I’m for school uniforms for it’s a great idea for schools to implement a policy on school uniforms because statistics show that students who wear uniforms make better grades‚ then the students aren’t distracted on what others are or aren’t wearing. Students would feel a sense of equality with one another as they are wearing the
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corporate buildings all have armed security. Which is logical‚ but why not in schools? Children and their safety should be more important than the money in the bank or the secrets in some CEO’s office. For some reason‚ certain people just find the idea of arming teachers as an out-of-this-world solution. It shouldn’t be a surprise that school shooters are effective and successful when they meet no opposition from within the school. When in the right hands‚ guns can be a great life saving tool; and‚ when
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Since 2009 kids all over the world have been changed and not by appearance by their diet at school. Michelle Obama has made it her destiny to change everyone’s lunch. Now what make’s her think that she can just but in like the way she already has? Well the fact is‚ is that she wants kids to be more healthy so instead of giving us a normal amount of food which most middle schoolers eat a lot of she decided that she would make us healthier and cut that in half. She also has decided that she would also
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Students and Security Should Carry Guns on Campuses After massacres at schools across the country everyone should be able to feel safe in public‚ even if this means one must carry a gun. Citizens should be able to have the reassurance that they are able to fight back if an attack against them or a school massacre were to happen‚ especially since one cannot entirely rely on the police force. On average‚ the police takes 11 minutes to arrive at the scene of the crime. In those 11 minutes it takes
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The right path Charter Schools are not enrolling kids with disabilities and those who are in poverty. This selective enrollment will lead to charter schools avoiding kids who need extra help for a variety of reasons. Manly they do not have the facilities to support these children yet they persist that they enrollee everyone. While on the other side public schools enroll everyone including those who academic skills need some extra help improving. Charter schools are schools that are private own and
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many schools around the world enforce uniforms‚ requiring students to wear specific clothing. School uniforms‚ which was first established in 16th century England‚ are a topic of much debate in the public school system of the United States. Many people feel that uniforms reduce competition among students and bring a sense of unity in school. People who are against school uniforms think that they prevent students from expressing themselves and inhibits creativity. Many students dislike school uniforms
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