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Freedom With Fries? Texas Official Wants Deep Fryers Back In Schools
Published on: June 12, 2015
A little more than 10 years ago, Texas banned soda machines and deep fryers in public school cafeterias.
Now the state’s current agriculture commissioner, Sid Miller, wants to do away with that ban. He believes these kinds of restrictions should be in the hands of local school boards — not state regulators. But some students are among those who aren’t happy about this idea.
Take fifth-grader Austin Tharpe, who recently guided me through the narrow lunch line at Doss Elementary School in Austin. Healthful eating is a priority at the school. Ice cream hasn’t been sold in five years. Sodas? Try again. Candy? Not one piece of chocolate is for sale. Tharpe says he doesn’t think a soda machine or deep fryer would be welcome.
