School bans tag at recess, and more

School bans tag at recess

A Long Island, N.Y., school has banned footballs, baseballs, and games of tag from school grounds to prevent students from getting hurt during recess. Weber Middle School officials say too many kids have gotten bumps, scrapes, and head injuries. Students are not happy, saying they need to have some fun at recess. “We’re in school all day sitting behind the desk learning,” said one.

A win for “pink slime” patties

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Healthy school-lunch advocates in Fairfax, Va., suffered a setback when the 100 percent beef patties they requested were rejected by students, who said they neither looked nor tasted right. The schools gave in to the students’ demands and replaced the real beef patties with a version of the artificially colored, 26-ingredient, “pink slime” burgers they had previously served.