"It's a shame," said West Virginia state superintendent of schools James Phares. "We were getting close to the 65 percent obesity goal that we had set a few years ago but now we are facing another setback."
Several experts blame the weight loss on the bankruptcy of bakery company Hostess.
"Our school's vending machines used to carry all kinds of Hostess foods," said Brooke High School principal Toni Shute. "But they went out of business and we were forced to put apples and carrots in our vending machines.
Most students were unfavorable of the change to fruits and vegetables in the vending machines, especially after the food sat in the machines for a few days.
"The kids liked the healthy foods at first," said Shute. "But after a couple of days the fruit and veggies began to mold and the children don't like that as much as I do."
Back at the state level, Phares told us to expect some major changes in the near future.
"We're going to replace some classes with new ones," Phares said. "Obviously physical education needs to be thrown out. We're replacing that with World of Warcraft class, which will provide the same team building skills just without the physical stress."
Phares hopes that the new measure can kill two birds with one stone.
"We're looking to replace history classes and English classes with ones that focus on real-life challenges," Phares continued. "We're discussing educating our students on how to shop at Aldi and Big Lots, and hopefully removing those other classes will also drop the test scores."
We are also being told by our inside sources that home economics classes will be overhauled to simply teach students how to properly order delivery food as well as drive-thru etiquette.
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