Gosh, things are rough at Wellesley High

I like the fact the kids are standing up for themselves. Vending machines have gotten out of hand, and its not uncommon now to see 2 dollar bottles of Dasini being dispensed. For two dollars Id rather go to the store and buy something like SmartWater if I were in the water buying market. When I was school I felt like the administration was falling behind on the upkeep of water fountains to the point where they ceased to exist after bottled water become a commonidity in the vending machine marketplace and especially after soda and juices were restricted by the school board (this was before that happened EVERYWHERE.)

My senior year every elected member of the Senior and Junior elected body (School wide and class level) marched to the principles office in protest when they even went as far as to attempt to stop people from bringing their own bottled drinks (like soda) into the cafetaria. Our other objective was to somehow manage the line situation where people were waiting up to 25 minutes to get a lunch in the cafetaria. Truth be told I was in that group but was also profiting from the cafetaria fiasco by illegally bringing in outside food and drink and reselling it on the black market lol, I put myself out of business when we won but it was quite fun to "rage against the machine." Best of luck to the patriots at Wellsley High (even if of all people they can afford a 25 cent increase.)

Raise it to $3. They should be drinking from fountains or the tap.

Edit: The link is about gatorade, not water. $1.50 is a huge price, considering vending machines sell 20oz versions, while you can get 32 oz for $1 at the supermarket

Does the school still have water fountains?

(yes)

Screw 'em. Up it to $5. Maybe they'll learn something.

"Out of control" vending machine pictures:

http://xee.xanga.com/603824f719c78146112284/z10833...

http://thefulleffect.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/p...

http://picasaweb.google.com/cheeseonmeat/Japan#519...

http://www.cscoutjapan.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2...

Better they should be shooting each other over perceived slights.

and refill them at the taps or drinking fountains? That's not only free, it's more environmentally responsible.

Before the city we live in built new schools, my older son went to one of the "old" schools for two years.

Despite obvious attempts to make it a non-shithole, it was still a shithole. One of the most shithole things about it was that it did not have drinking fountains.

That's right NO DRINKING FOUNTAINS. Kids had to bring water to drink from home or buy it. Late in his kindergarten year, they finally got a bubbler so the kids could refill their bottles.

Wouldn't surprise me if the school in question didn't have drinking fountains, for one stupid reason or another. Crappy infrastructure and arbitrary idiocy of principals and school committees is always a possibility.