MARIETTA, Ga. – The Marietta Board of Education apparently isn’t buying Michelle Obama’s theory that even her two Ivy League degrees couldn’t help her identify healthy foods for her children.

The board passed a resolution condemning the latest federal overreach into local schools. While the board didn’t name First Lady Michelle Obama, members rhetorically dismantled her signature initiative.

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The Marietta Daily Journal reports:

To show their displeasure with the rules set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the school board passed a resolution Tuesday that says the federal government has overstepped its authority.

Several school board members called the regulations, which limit calories, sodium and fat content, an overreach by the federal government.

“Students spend approximately 180 days in school each year, and don’t need Washington making it a joyless experience by ‘legislating away’ their opportunity to have an occasional donut or candy bar,” board member Tom Cheater said during Tuesday’s meeting.

Member Jill Mutimer said the standards make the assumption all children are obese and need caloric control. “What about athletes who need more calories?” she asked. “This rule is much more far reaching than most realize.”

“I think when you’re talking about high school and you’re talking about sales that happen outside of the cafeteria … with 16-,17-, 18-, 19-year-old kids, they’re perfectly capable of making these kinds of decisions for themselves,” high school principal Leigh Colburn said, according to the paper.

Colburn said students in cooking classes who will no longer be allowed to sell desserts such as cupcakes or a program for special needs students.

The resolution did not include a condemnation of the new school lunch standards. If the feds are paying for the lunches, they’re able to regulate what’s served, the board theorized.

The newspaper recently editorialized on the issue, also taking the feds to task.

Should it be Washington’s job to micromanage what snacks are consumed by school students in this country? With test scores generally stagnant and with many critics saying our schools are lagging well behind those of many other Westernized countries? One would think the federal Departments of Agriculture and Education — and their boss in the White House — would have more important things on which to focus. But no.

The Georgia state school board is seeking to give schools a “series of exemptions” related to school bake sales and fundraisers. The board will vote Thursday.