Its amazing to me that a school would punish a kid over something like this. He’s not hurting anyone and it doesn’t impact the school adversely, the punishment certainly doesn’t fit the “crime.” If I were the mom, I would fight it.

An eighth-grade honors student at a New Haven school has been suspended for buying a bag of candy at school.
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A school spokeswoman says the New Haven school system banned candy sales and fundraisers in 2003 as part of the district-wide school wellness policy.