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Krispy Kreme To Reward Palm Beach County Students

Posted by Ed and Lois

WEST PALM BEACH—Krispy Kreme has offered to reward students with a doughnut for every A on their report card _ up to six per grading period _ sparking concern among school officials trying to fight childhood obesity.

Under one promotion, Krispy Kreme stores will give Palm Beach County students in kindergarten through sixth grade a free doughnut for every A on their report card. Another program has students decorate posters of doughnuts with ``success sprinkles’’ when children meet goals. The posters can be turned in for a class set of doughnuts.
``Krispy Kreme doughnuts are very good, especially when the ‘hot’ lights are on, but I can’t say that there’s anything healthy about them,’’ school board member Debra Robinson said Tuesday. ``Can’t we find something else? I mean a doughnut?’‘