Students at Camp Curtain School have received cold sandwiches and fruit this week as punishment for misbehavior, including failure to clean up after themselves, school officials told The Harrisburg Patriot-News.
Using a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the schools in San Antonio are installing sophisticated cameras in the cafeteria line and trash area that read food bar codes embedded in the food trays.
"We're going to snap a picture of the food tray at the cashier and we will know what has been served," said Dr. Roberto Trevino of the San Antonio-based Social and Health Research Center, which is implementing the pilot program at five schools with high rates of childhood obesity and children living in poverty.
"When the child goes back to the disposal window, we're going to measure the leftover." - Read full at Reuters
"We created the opportunity where we could show them what the bare minimum would be,” the administrator told the local Patriot-News
The next time children in some elementary schools in the state of Texas try to sneak extra french fries onto their tray in the cafeteria line, the eye in the sky will be watching them.
"We're going to snap a picture of the food tray at the cashier and we will know what has been served," said Dr. Roberto Trevino of the San Antonio-based Social and Health Research Center, which is implementing the pilot program at five schools with high rates of childhood obesity and children living in poverty.
"When the child goes back to the disposal window, we're going to measure the leftover." - Read full at Reuters
