The district has now placed healthy options in the vending machines. Healthier options were put into the vending machines at the beginning of the school year in order to combat childhood obesity.

To do this, the district has completely disposed of all the junk food in the vending machines and brought in numerous healthy replacements. Some of these new options include fruit snacks, cookie bars, cereal bars and low-calorie pretzels. None of these options, however, include Kit-Kats, Snickers or Reese’s.

Students have already stopped buying from the machines. Without the funds from students constantly buying from the vending machines, the school and the district will lose money.

While whoever in the district made the decision probably took the student’s reactions to the loss of the junk of food into account, it clearly didn’t make a big enough impact on the decision to change it. It’s definitely a major change that some students will surely protest.

A long with the downside of the healthy vending machines, there are also several pros to the new foods. Students won’t be eating as much junk food and will be eating healthier food choices. While the majority of students want their Snickers back, those students who are healthier eaters actually appreciate the new options.

Students have different views on the changes in the vending machines. Some are all for the changes while others are dead set against it. Either way, it looks like students are going to have to kiss their candy goodbye.