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# Fast food chains in high schools no big deal
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/fast-food-chains-in-high-schools-no-big-deal/
- Published: 2002-09-13T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:43:49.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The local school district just recently approved year-long contracts to Papa Johns Pizza, McDonalds, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut so they can sell their fat-laden food to high school students. School administrators said if they don’t offer it, kids will just walk down the street and buy it anyway, which would leave the district cash strapped.

So last week Q-Line asked, “Do you think fast food should be sold at our local schools? Why or why not?”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 13, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091302.pdf?ref=smdp.com)