McDonalds ads on grade school report cards. Yes, it is Florida

[alfredo]

http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2007/12/06/mcdonalds-promises-free-happy-meals-to-students-with-good-grades/#

[_testify_]

1. That's a coupon for getting good grades.

[NightWatcher]

2. that's been around for ages

a happy meal for an A is nothing new. Report cards come out a few times a year- I'd bribe my kid with fast food a few times for good grades all year long.

[porphyrian]

3. Someone has to fund our public education. The state isn't. -n/t

[woodsprite]

4. Bet they're not one of the counties planning on including kids

BMI or obesity warnings on their kids report cards.

[Breeze54]

5. I blame * for school districts having to resort to this!

Advertisers catch the school bus

Posted 12/27/2005 9:27 AM
By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY


School districts desperate to plug budget holes are turning their buses into billboards for soft drinks, credit unions and car dealerships.

Advertisements have popped up on buses in Arizona and Massachusetts. New ones are set to appear
in Michigan and Colorado. Dozens more districts from Florida to Pennsylvania may join them.

"This will spread across the nation, because there's so much money that will come into schools
as a result of doing this," says Daniel Shearer, director of transportation at the Scottsdale
Unified School District.

The Arizona city just outside Phoenix began displaying ads on the sides of its buses last December.
Advertisers include real estate agencies, a local toy store and an ambulance company. The district
anticipates the ads will bring in $300,000 this year and up to $900,000 in a few years.

Children 'for sale'?

But some consumer groups and parents are alarmed. They say America's children — already bombarded
by ads — shouldn't become captive audiences on their way to and from school.

More....

[Mythsaje]

6. I'd like to just blame Bushco

but the truth is entirely too many school levies fail because too many Americans don't see the long-term value of funding our schools. If they did, maybe they wouldn't have to rely so much on federal aid and NCLB would be far less of an issue.

Americans have become increasingly short-sighted all the way around. I have to say they've been trained that way, but still...

[alfredo]

7. That's it.

[Selatius]

8. Schools are doing this because the government is so fucking cheap.

The US government has its spending priorities wrong. If the US spent on education and health care and the infrastructure like it spends on war, we wouldn't be in this mess.