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Most schools comply with the new low calorie limits (650 – 850 depending on grade level) by giving out smaller portions.  Kids complain that after they eat lunch, they are not full. As a result of schools putting caloric limits on school lunches, some students have started to protest.  Students in Kansas made a spoof video on YouTube called “We Are Hungry”.  Many Wisconsin students boycotted school lunches and started to bring in food from home.

With a high school calorie limit of 850, they are not taking into account a student’s weight.  For example an 85 lb freshman and 280 lb senior each get the same portions by law.  Some students have to purchase 2 meals just to get full.  To get the equivalent of the amount of lunch kids got last year, they would have to spend about $6 - $7 now.

These smaller lunch portions were created with the assumption that all students are getting a full and filling breakfast at home before school.  Unfortunately in the real world this does not always happen.  For some students this scaled back lunch is often the main meal they rely on to get them through the rest of the day.  In fact this meal is supposed to hold athletes over until their late night dinner after sports.

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Sudbury, MA MCAS Testing Schedule 2013

The MCAS tests for Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School students in Sudbury, MA will administered on the following dates:

Biology Session 1 – February 4, 2013

Biology Session 2 – February 5, 2013

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – March 19, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 - March 21, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 22, 2013

Math Session 1 – May 13, 2013

Math Session 2 – May 14, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 1 – June 4, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 2 – June 5, 2013

MCAS Retests (for Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School students that have previously received Needs Improvement/Failing scores)

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – February 27, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2  - February 28, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 1, 2013

Math Session 1 – March 4, 2013

Math Session 2 – March 5, 2013

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Needham, MA MCAS Testing Schedule 2013

The MCAS tests for Needham High School students in Needham, MA will administered on the following dates:

Biology Session 1 – February 4, 2013

Biology Session 2 – February 5, 2013

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – March 19, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 - March 21, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 22, 2013

Math Session 1 – May 13, 2013

Math Session 2 – May 14, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 1 – June 4, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 2 – June 5, 2013

MCAS Retests (for Needham High School students that have previously received Needs Improvement/Failing scores)

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – February 27, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2  - February 28, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 1, 2013

Math Session 1 – March 4, 2013

Math Session 2 – March 5, 2013

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Newton, MA MCAS Testing Schedule 2013

The MCAS tests for Newton North High School and Newton South High School students in Newton, MA will administered on the following dates:

Biology Session 1 – February 4, 2013

Biology Session 2 – February 5, 2013

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – March 19, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 - March 21, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 22, 2013

Math Session 1 – May 13, 2013

Math Session 2 – May 14, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 1 – June 4, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 2 – June 5, 2013

MCAS Retests (for Newton North High School and Newton South High School students that have previously received Needs Improvement/Failing scores)

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – February 27, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2  - February 28, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 1, 2013

Math Session 1 – March 4, 2013

Math Session 2 – March 5, 2013

In order to comply with the new forced limits on grains, protein, sodium and fats; schools have begun to act silly.  For example Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Lexington, MA has removed its SALAD BAR!!!  One would assume that salad is healthy however not the government.  Being afraid that the school could not control the portions of protein or grains the students would take out of the salad bar, they decided to remove it all together.  In Shrewsbury, MA they decided croutons on a salad added too much grains to the meal so they banned them.  Also on the Shrewsbury hit list and now banned from their salad bar are hard-boiled eggs and turkey slices because the nanny state can not regulate how much protein one will take.  Whole-wheat pasta salad is also a no-no because the nanny state says that kids may get too many grains.  After all of this Shrewsbury silliness, the school system brought in $10,000 less in September 2012 lunch sales than in the same month 2011.

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Wellesley, MA MCAS Testing Schedule 2013

The MCAS tests for Wellesley High School students in Wellesley, MA will administered on the following dates:

Biology Session 1 – February 4, 2013

Biology Session 2 – February 5, 2013

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – March 19, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 - March 21, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 22, 2013

Math Session 1 – May 13, 2013

Math Session 2 – May 14, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 1 – June 4, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 2 – June 5, 2013

MCAS Retests (for Wellesley High School students that have previously received Needs Improvement/Failing scores)

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – February 27, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2  - February 28, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 1, 2013

Math Session 1 – March 4, 2013

Math Session 2 – March 5, 2013

After the new federal rules designed to help kids eat healthier, some schools are reporting fewer kids are buying lunch.  The new rules limit the amount of grains, protein, sodium and saturated fat that school lunches subsidized by the US Department of Agriculture may contain.  Trans fats are banned and calories per meal are capped.  Many students have been upset with smaller portions.  For example in Brookline, MA, students have been upset with smaller less filling bagels due to these rules.  They report that across the school system about 30% of Brookline students buy lunch, down from 35% last year.  This is a drop of 5%.  Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Lexington, MA reports a drop of 35% fewer students buying lunch this year since the new regulations went into affect.

Stay tuned here for hilarious yet frustrating stories of how schools are banning certain foods one would consider to be healthy, simply to comply with these new regulations dictated to them by the government.  Also we will report on clever ways students are taking matters into their own hands to fight back against the nanny state.

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Wayland, MA MCAS Testing Schedule 2013

The MCAS tests for Wayland High School students in Wayland, MA will administered on the following dates:

Biology Session 1 – February 4, 2013

Biology Session 2 – February 5, 2013

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – March 19, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 - March 21, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 22, 2013

Math Session 1 – May 13, 2013

Math Session 2 – May 14, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 1 – June 4, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 2 – June 5, 2013

MCAS Retests (for Wayland High School students that have previously received Needs Improvement/Failing scores)

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – February 27, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2  - February 28, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 1, 2013

Math Session 1 – March 4, 2013

Math Session 2 – March 5, 2013

The following is a new policy statement regarding the importance of recess for students released in the January 2013 issue of Pediatrics: The Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics

"Recess is at the heart of a vigorous debate over the role of schools in promoting the optimal development of the whole child. A growing trend toward reallocating time in school to accentuate the more academic subjects has put this important facet of a child’s school day at risk. Recess serves as a necessary break from the rigors of concentrated, academic challenges in the classroom. But equally important is the fact that safe and well-supervised recess offers cognitive, social, emotional, and physical benefits that may not be fully appreciated when a decision is made to diminish it. Recess is unique from, and a complement to, physical education—not a substitute for it. The American Academy of Pediatrics believes that recess is a crucial and necessary component of a child’s development and, as such, it should not be withheld for punitive or academic reasons."  

Do you agree or disagree?  Why?  Let us know.

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Weston, MA MCAS Testing Schedule 2013

The MCAS tests for Weston High School students in Weston, MA will administered on the following dates:

Biology Session 1 – February 4, 2013

Biology Session 2 – February 5, 2013

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – March 19, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 - March 21, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 22, 2013

Math Session 1 – May 13, 2013

Math Session 2 – May 14, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 1 – June 4, 2013

Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Session 2 – June 5, 2013

MCAS Retests (for Weston High School students that have previously received Needs Improvement/Failing scores)

English (ELA) Composition Sessions A & B – February 27, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2  - February 28, 2013

English (ELA) Reading Comprehension Session 3 – March 1, 2013

Math Session 1 – March 4, 2013

Math Session 2 – March 5, 2013