[TheThomas]

That might be a bit of a stretch. I don't recall the administration of any K-12 school I attended ever explaining their reasons for doing anything (to the parents, maybe, but even that was rare). Though, even if the schools did explain the change, surely they'd be a bit more delicate than shouting "blame the fatties!" over the intercom system.

Admittedly, I might secretly be an optimist.

[coderdude]

I agree that they wouldn't be so crass about the whole thing, but kids are smart. It's not hard to figure out why a school might ban candy bars and sodas, then to assign blame to those they think are the cause of it. That sounds rather child-like to me, does it not?