LAUSD BROWNIE MIX FOR AUCTION.Byline: Jennifer Radcliffe Staff Writer While the rest of the Southland south·land or South·land n. A region in the south of a country or an area. south  land·er n.Noun 1. inhales Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. chocolates, Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. officials will search today for someone to take a load of sweets off their hands. The nation's second-largest school district today will try to auction off 1,540 cases of cake and brownie mix Noun 1. brownie mix - a commercial mix for making brownies ready-mix - a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish - now a no-no under the district's healthy food initiative to wipe out student obesity. ``A brownie really doesn't have much to offer except calories,'' said Marilyn Wells, director of LAUSD's food-services branch. An anti-obesity measure that took effect last summer restricts the amount of fat, sugar and salt in items sold to students in campus stores, vending machines vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or credit cards. and cafeterias. LAUSD's nutritional analysis showed that the brownies, sold in secondary school cafeterias, had too much sugar to meet the standard. Unfortunately, the district had just stockpiled enough mix to make 600 industrial-size Bundt pans of cake and brownies. ``The timing was wrong,'' Wells said. Officials paid $6,055 for the mix and expect the district to take a hit on today's sale. But health advocates are hopeful that getting rid of the brownies will keep kids from packing on the pounds. ``Every little bit helps,'' said Chad Fenwick, LAUSD's adviser on physical education. ``It creates a learning environment. It sends the message that these aren't good for you.'' Only 15.5 percent of LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) students can pass the entire California physical fitness test. National studies show that while teens eat the same calories that they did 20 years ago, their physical activity has plummeted. Just one brownie would take at least 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity to burn off, Fenwick projected. Board member Marlene Canter canter a gallop at an easy pace. The rhythm is three-time, first one hind, then the opposite hind with the diagonal fore, then the opposite fore, the leading limb. collected canter , who is leading the anti-obesity movement, applauded district officials for following through and trying to recoup some of the money that would otherwise have been lost. ``We should start auctioning off our greasy pizza next,'' Canter said. Board member David Tokofsky quipped that he can think of alternatives to the bake sale “Bake Sale” redirects here. For the episode from the TV show 8 Simple Rules, see List of 8 Simple Rules episodes. A bake sale is a fundraising activity where baked goods such as doughnuts, cupcakes and cookies, sometimes along with ethnic foods, are sold. . ``I hope somebody buys these brownies, but if they don't, I move to give it to the (Bob) Hertzberg campaign so they'll be a little sweeter to the district,'' he said, referring to the mayoral candidate's push to break up the district. Jennifer Radcliffe, (818) 713-3722 jennifer.radcliffe(at)dailynews.com |
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