1. Lunch periods have been expanded by 10 min to allow students to utilize open campus lunch policy, which is open to all but freshmen.  This policy will begin on October 14, 2015.

2. Local businesses are starting a petition against the building of a second Super Walmart, because they believe it will disrupt local businesses.

3. Napoleon Dynamite has been tested many times and has been declared a genius, and has been requested to be moved from 6th grade to high school so that he does not waste his time.

4. Three to four children die every day due to child abuse to come to a total of 2.7 million children for which 79% are under the age of five, this was released yesterday by the Child Abuse Prevention Center.

5. Kathy Mahoney received minor burns and received $76,000 in damages to her home, the fire was said to been started by a cigarette on the sofa.

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School bans Confederate flag symbol from vehicles

From: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/16/school-bans-confederate-flag-symbol-from-vehicles/

The topic of this article is Christiansburg high school is banning flags and symbols that could be deemed offensive by any race, religion, ethnic group, or gender.

The Christianburgs high school has banned flags and symbols that could be deemed offensive by any group to keep to the same track as for the dress code and rules for decorating lockers.  This started when a man in Virginia shot and killed 9 members of a historic black church.  Debbie Cox, a mother of one of the students, was shocked at this banning of the flag and admitted that she did not read the parking contract before signing.

This event sadly did not shock me as I knew that in the way we were heading this would come eventually.  Though I do not support this, as this goes against both my personal morals and our countries bill of rights.  The first amendment states that we have the freedom, I repeat Freedom, to practice our religion and to speak out.  Furthermore, it is also stated that our not limited to what I have listed before meaning that we have the right to “speak” out using symbols.   Also, how do we know that the symbol of the confederate flag was meant to offend as much as honor there ancestry of confederates.

This impacts the world because if we give an inch to these groups then we give them a mile in the end.  If you comply with a single thing they are trying to accomplish in the way of limiting power then we will much as such is shown in the article.  They gave in and banned offensive symbols and flags on cars, lockers, and clothes.  To make this even worse most parents are not aware of this proved by the statement made by Debbie Cox.  This proves that with giving up a small freedom can result in the loss of a big one, and don’t think oh this could only happen at a school because it is already happening throughout the world.

1. The healthier lunches that have been thrusted upon the children of America has caused a rise in wasted food and wasted money.

2. Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program.

3.FoxNews.com

4.Studies have found that since the required healthy foods in school lunches has been put into place there has been an increase in wasted food and money. This is the result of kids not being forced to eat the fruits and veggies that are being provided for them, so this just cause and increase of money for a lunch that is supplying the same amount of food as the lunches did before.  Showing that this was a ineffective program used to please health critics.

5.My position on this is that what we eat is our business.  The decision should be up to the parent, not the government on what there children eat.  Through I believe healthy choices should be offered, it is like I said up to the parent.  The sad part about the program is that there is of food waste. Furthermore, there is money being spent out of schools low budget for things we don’t eat.

6.This impacts the world by three things: food waste, waste of money, and government control. There has been an increase of food waste from every school lunch from 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup per student which with all students under this program that is significantly.  Also, the amount of money being wasted by this takes away from the amount of money from other programs.  Furthermore, the governments control in this shows that once again the government is trying to dictate over everything we do.  That is why this problem effects the world.

The link to my article is the following. Link