In my experience, sometimes it does not take much to bring a change to a school. Depends on the administration, but if you have a reasonable idea and you present it clearly, sometimes you can make a change.
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I've had YEARS of problems with this with older DD who is now 10. Started in K. One year it was so bad that I realized over the course of a couple months she spent like $70 on junk. We made a chore chart with $ assigned to each chore and made her work off the $70. I've also cut off her account and made her bring cash only.
Our school doesn't let kids buy snacks or extra chocolate milks until they are older, definitely not K.
I feel like they can buy extra white milk or extra entree (breakfast and lunch) or fruit, but not junk snacks.
Starting first year of middle school, they can buy "a la carte items" which does include junk, but parents can turn it off if its a problem. Then after that, I think they are on their own.
ETA - it always makes me wonder when schools talk about unpaid lunch balances, how much of it is junk the kid bought without the parent knowing and how much is for meals? I mean, for some family budgets, $70 for junk is unacceptable! I've talked to my kids about water. I don't want them buying $1 waters when we have plenty of water bottles lying around and the school has plenty of water bottle filling stations.
This. I want to see what they eat.
I can’t believe an elementary school allows this! I would definitely get involved in a policy change. IMO, a 7 year old is not capable of making good decisions where snacks are involved, especially one with ADHD. Heck, my high school senior with ADHD was not capable of making good decisions, and that continued into college. I put money into all of the kids accounts at the same time, and I only replenished once a month. Either spend wisely, or learn to pack a lunch.