Do I go to the most up-tight school ever?

[LLLgonza]

They are not allowed to search your lunchbox.
The DfES laid down certain rules when they introduced the new Healthy Schools scheme. One of those rules was that Schools have no "right" to search your lunchbox, school bag or locker for food, and even if they did, they couldn't confiscate any item, or punish you for any item in your lunchbox, due to the fact some people have unhealthy things in their lunchbox, and thats their only meal in a day.

It is also an infringement of your Human Rights to search and confiscate any food in your posetion, and you can take them to court and they are forced to pay damanges of upto 5'00£

Recently, my school have been obsessed with being known as a "healthy school". They've taken all the unhealthy foods of the menu (which I'm ok with cos I bring my own lunch) which was stupid cos that's the only thing people buy but today, they went too far.

Today they announced that they were going to ban certain foods that your allowed to take in your lunchbox! That is stupid! They also said that they would have "lunchbox inspections" (which is stupid seeing as its a school of 1050 pupils) to inforce this new rule. What they gonna do, give us a detention for bringing in a chocolate bar?

Is anyone else's school this mad?

[Wayne]

My old school removed chips, pizza, chocolate etc and vending machines, but they didn't do lunchbox inspections. That's stupid.

[luke-p]

That is stupid... They cant stop you from eating / drinking what you want... Its your life, you pay for the food... Your body do what ever the hell you want with it!

[Seacat]

It's illegal for anyone except the police and customs officers to search your body or your possessions. Your school could only do that if police were present whilst they were doing so

[Aflux]

I'm glad they didn't do that when I was in school because I never had any dinner apart from a twix and a can of IRN BRU.

[Adam!]

It's illegal for anyone except the police and customs officers to search your body or your possessions. Your school could only do that if police were present whilst they were doing so

Really?

Headmaster ALWAYS goes in my bag, without asking me.. So techincally, he's breaking the law?

[Aflux]

Really?

Headmaster ALWAYS goes in my bag, without asking me.. So techincally, he's breaking the law?

You can't do anything about it though, it's one of those laws that no-one lower than upper "clarss" can do anything about.

[Concentric2]

It's illegal for anyone except the police and customs officers to search your body or your possessions. Your school could only do that if police were present whilst they were doing so

Havn't they recently given teachers the power to stop and search students to check for things like knives?

Lunchbox inspections is rediculous. I agree that they should encourage you to eat a balanced diet but they shouldn't actively prevent you from eating things they disprove of.
Wouldn't be suprised if there's some "human right" thing on it somewhere that you could apply

[Adam!]

You can't do anything about it though, it's one of those laws that no-one lower than upper "clarss" can do anything about.

No but I can stop him from doing so, advising him that if he does then he is breaking the law - That'll put him off.

My mate once told him that if he wanted to go through his bag then he was to get the police - He got excluded for "refusing to do as asked" :|

[shiver]

how stupid. eat outside so they can't search you

everyone at my school goes to greggs or mcdonalds, the queues are ridiculous.