Blue Ridge Elementary School

West Virgina Food Guide Lines? I was surpised when my K teacher said we could not bring in cup cakes for my childs birthday. I realize children should limit sweets but birthdays should be an exception. Looking at the school menu they have no problem feeding the kids fried so called chicken nuggets & hot dogs. I pack my childs lunch with healthy foods so on occasion a cup cake is a treat. I try to have lunch with them occasionaly and I witnessed them throwing away unopened yogurt and very good bananas. What a waste of food. They could send some of it to the children in the Appalachia moutains that are starving! This just proves WVA has some fuzzy thinking and we wonder why our state has such a high diabetes rate and our health insurance is so high..sad!
--Submitted by a parent

Not having junk food is a state regulation, not a school based one. If other classes or schools in the county are serving these things, they are probably not following the state mandate.The last few years, the kids went outside for most of the winter due to how mild they have been. I'm unsure what happened, but I can't believe that children are not allowed to ask questions. I don't think it is appropriate to make a blaket statement like that. Another issue that pops up a lot is parental involvement. Who ever said that parents had to be at school? My job is to make sure my kids know what they need to know at home, in order to be ready for school, and to follow up with educational and dicsiplinary decisions. Let the professionals do their job. Mine are no longer there, but I loved Blue Ridge!
--Submitted by a parent

I think over all, this is a pretty good school. One of the better ones that my kids have attended(5 in all, ex-military). They are not very parent friendly though and that bothers me alittle. I think the principal is a good one and cares about the kids.
--Submitted by a parent