Sugar, spice, and learning things twice
ASB members selling candy to students during the passing period in between 7th period and enrichment.
With limited fundraising opportunities, the Associated Student Body (ASB) is left to do only one thing — bend the law. According to USDA’s Smart Snacks Standards, food available for sale to students on public school campuses must be sold 30 minutes before the school day begins or 30 minutes after the school day has ended. However, ASB has not been following through with these regulations.
When interviewed, many of the the ASB members were aware of the standards but decided not to follow them. One senior from the student body said he sold one week prior to the official date they had set in order to get out of debt. “Legally we have to sell 30 minutes before and after school but we sell whenever,” he said. “I haven’t had any trouble yet but I guess I will now.”
Another interviewee was uncertain on what he could disclose and was then convinced into saying, “We sell before and after school.” Later, he contradicted his previous statement by saying he sells the most during class and club meetings.
ASB is well-informed on the regulations; nonetheless they have discreetly sold prohibited food items to the demanding candy-crazed mass.
Most ASB committee members do not know that it is illegal to sell candy during school hours. When told that their actions did not follow the law, one freshman said, “ASB told us that we had the right to sell during school hours… I wouldn’t sell candy during school hours if I was told that it is illegal.”
By not following the California regulations of food sales, they acquire their funds illegally which jeopardizes future proms. Although some may claim it is difficult to sell before and after school hours, because of our unique schedule, ASB can opt to sell on the bus to and from school or off campus. In order to prevent this, those who partake in fundraising should follow the state codes.
Hugh • Feb 23, 2016 at 11:56 pm
Who snitching?
Snake • Feb 23, 2016 at 10:53 pm
It is likewise unacceptable to capture an image for the purpose of defaming your subject(s) and it is an offence to capture an indecent photograph of a minor (the Protection of Children Act 1978). Blurring faces won’t cut it. They may have broken a District law but this is a federal law.
Foxtrot • Feb 28, 2016 at 11:25 pm
Nowhere in that act does it say whether blurring faces “won’t cut it.” Whether these photos are indecent is up to debate in court and I see nothing indecent in revealing criminals.
Killing Foxes • Mar 3, 2016 at 8:25 am
I honestly don’t see how these kids are criminals. As a person who is neither in ASB nor in Pubs, I’ve tried to listen to both sides, but I don’t think I want to have a Prom in the Auditeria. Do you? Criminals is an extremely tough word to label teenagers who are trying to help their classes; you are an extremely ungrateful individual.
What this and many other state and federal laws do state is that you would need consent of the subject to publish an identifiable photo. Pay attention to the word identifiable. You blurred the faces, but does that make the photo unidentifiable? No, from a legal viewpoint, it does not. That is what the previous commenter meant. Anyone who takes a look at these photos will know who the subject is. Some of the photos were taken from the second floor, and you guys seemed to be doing some spying.
Foxtrot • Mar 7, 2016 at 2:54 pm
Photos must be indecent, which I’d argue that in this case the photos are not at all indecent. The students in Publications have the legal right to photograph students on Clark Magnet High School’s property. Due to the fact that none of the students in those photographs have signed the form that disallowed the school to take photographs of them, Pubs can take pictures of them as many times as they want.
Whether you want to have a prom in the Auditeria or not does not make a difference. ASB broke laws, which by definition of the English word criminal makes them criminal. Your subjective connotations don’t change that either.
Killing Foxes • Mar 8, 2016 at 9:44 am
Well, from what I know, Publications breaks laws, too. My parents signed that portion of the form at the beginning of the year, and yet I still see many pictures of me on your website. I don’t think you guys take this issue seriously.
Speaking on the indecency, one of the captions definitely does sound indecent. Your photographer stated that the kid was running away from publications students. Maybe the kid was just running? How would you prove that he was running away from a pubs person? There is no proof!
On a completely different note, I would recommend you read the article on What Makes a Criminal (http://humansareweird.com/2013/02/19/what-makes-a-criminal/). This should explain it to you from a moral perspective, and hopefully explain that breaking a law doesn’t always make one a criminal.
From the tone of your responses, I am supposing you are either a Pubs student, or are somehow related to that class. In that case, please inform the “staff” who wrote the article (and were scared to reveal their names), to improve their writing. The article contradicts itself in a few places, and definitely utilizes a few logical fallacies, including non-sequiturs.
And just from a moral perspective, the ASB kids are not criminals, and unlike the kids in your class, they do something to help the school, not just snitch and “[jeopardize] future proms.”