Todd Staples and Texas Ag. Dept - Bonehead Award

You ever heard of schools needing to hire lunchtime monitors?

Scores on exams statewide have dropped over the last decade, but school districts are hiring "lunchtime monitors"? You got to read this to really believe such nonsense exist. Don't ask the Alvin ISD if it exist for they will inform you about the $1,800 fine issued by the Texas Dept. of Agriculture.

"Talk about misplaced priorities... Alvin ISD is getting fined $1,800 because one kid shared some pizza. It seems the sharing of non-approved pizza is a big bureaucratic no-no, and was witnessed by a Texas Department of Agriculture monitor. Since 2004, schools have had to squash such nefarious activity or face stiff penalties from the Ag department."

http://www.empowertexans.com/node/743

I know Texas has an $11 Billion state surplus; however, is this the kind of rules we really want on the books today? Could the money and resources associated with this Dept. of Agriculture employee not be better spent? What about the school district's resources? Come on Todd Staples, House of Reps. and members of the Senate is this the most efficient use of resources? Looks like wasteful spending causing additional wasteful spending. We wonder why our children have problems with their spending!