Student Suspended For Opening Deli On Campus

[Bono]

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Student Suspended For Opening Deli On Campus

POSTED: 4:11 pm PST February 27, 2008
UPDATED: 4:34 pm PST February 27, 2008

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- A La Jolla high school student is in hot water for opening a deli on campus.

Matt Wong, 17, loves making sandwiches, so he took his pastime from his kitchen to his school's quad.

On his first day, he had 14 orders before lunchtime.

However, his operation left a sour taste in his principal's mouth.

Wong was ordered to shut down his deli because of health concerns and permit issues.

"He was quite serious about making sure no one got a sandwich. But I managed to get them all out," said Wong.

While the principal suspended Wong for two days for not following orders, students said they enjoyed the gourmet sandwiches.

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This principal should be immediately fired for trying to stomp this youthful display of entrepreneurship.

[memphis]

When I was in high school, a kid got suspended for bring a small grill to school and making hamburgers.                       

[dead0man]

And when a kid gets food poisoning, who do you think the parent is going to sue?  The school (or as I like to call it, everybody).

Yes it's stupid the principal shut the kid down.  But it's even more stupid that the schools always get stuck with the bill when the sh**t goes sour in every situation possible that even remotely involves the school.

[MODU]

The principal is perfectly right in this case to shut down "the deli."  Now, if the kid is interested in side-stepping the rule, he can make the sandwiches at home, and then disburse them to the interested students, rather than making them on campus.  The principal would have no real reason to stop that, unless there is a strict "no selling of anything" on campus rule in place.

[John Dibble]

Well, I understand the principle's concerns. However, rather than shutting down the student entirely he should have asked the student to shut down temporarily in order to get the permit and health issues sorted out. The student should have been involved in that process, be it going to the school board and other authorities to see if it could be allowed, which would be very educational for him seeing as he seems likely to open a full deli in the future.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Well, I understand the principle's concerns. However, rather than shutting down the student entirely he should have asked the student to shut down temporarily in order to get the permit and health issues sorted out. The student should have been involved in that process, be it going to the school board and other authorities to see if it could be allowed, which would be very educational for him seeing as he seems likely to open a full deli in the future.

Exactly, there is no reason that the student should be suspended...which effectively puts him behind in his education for merely taking a proactive approach to something he likes to do.  What?  making some sandwhiches means he's some kind of hoodlum?  School systems overreact constantly to this type of stuff, and I really think discipline is based on the temperment of the principal and teachers in most districts, it's a shame.  Suspending this kid is going WAY overboard. 

[opebo]

Oh lord!  Capitalism!  Save it before it disappears from god's green earth!

[7,052,770]

In Mississippi, it's illegal for any food other than the cafeteria food to be sold on campus (meaning all drink and snack machines off) during lunch hours, so perhaps there's a similar law in CA.

[Stranger in a strange land]

while I don't think letting a student set up a sandwich stand on campus is necessarily a good idea, I think suspension is a little harsh.

[phk]

What high school is this (I'm in the area)?

[Bono]

What high school is this (I'm in the area)?

Why, are you on the mood for some sandwiches?

[2952-0-0]

The principal is perfectly right in this case to shut down "the deli."  Now, if the kid is interested in side-stepping the rule, he can make the sandwiches at home, and then disburse them to the interested students, rather than making them on campus.  The principal would have no real reason to stop that, unless there is a strict "no selling of anything" on campus rule in place.

Perhaps, but the fact that the principal did not reason and explain that a health permit was needed for genuine public safety reasons, and just flatly shut down this operation, suggests he's just afraid of competition.

[Flying Dog]

Our Lunch program is afraid of competition so they refused to let a local ice cream shop come sell ice-cream for cancer kids. Beat that.

[Sensei]

at my high school, kids would be suspended for 1-3 days for selling candy bars out of their backpacks during school hours.