A South Carolina high school is afraid its after-school tutoring programs will suffer as a direct result of Michelle Obama’s junk food ban.
Wade Hampton High School’s store can no longer sell chips and candy bars to students, because of the national ban on high-sugar, high-fat snacks that took effect in July. Leaders of the store are worried the drop in sales could cause a loss of thousands of dollars this year, which would hurt after-school tutoring programs, The Greenville News reports.
The Greenville County School system told The Greenville News it could lose $1 million in sales to food vendors because of the regulations. Clubs and parent-teacher organizations have also reported losing money because students simply aren’t buying the healthier food options they’re forced to sell.