Students from several high schools were joined by City Councilman Robert Jackson for a protest of the city’s recent ban on bake sales during the school day. Jackson, who chairs the Council’s education committee, signed the students’ petition and then partook of a few chocolate chip cookies.
Most of the students came from LaGuardia High School, Bronx Science, or the Beacon School. Though they had picked a cold and windy day to sit on the City Hall steps with boxes of cookies, they were upbeat and joked about their alternatives. One student held a sign (photo below) that read: “Great, now we’re gonna sell weed instead!”
They said they had invited the mayor and Chancellor Joel Klein to join, but were not surprised when the pair didn’t show.
“I hear the mayor has a sweet tooth,” Jackson said.