A public school in Calgary told parents it would turn its cafeteria and learning commons into “No Food Spaces” during lunch for the duration of Ramadan, restricting where children as young as nine years old can eat so that fasting students aren’t exposed to food.
Fairview School, which serves grades 4 through 9 and enrolls 911 students, sent the email on February 18, one day after Ramadan began. The message was direct about the rationale.
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