Good evening, I'm Dion Cheney.And I'm Nicole Winters, thanks for joining us.The school year is quickly approaching and Janesville Waldorf Pemberton is getting ready to make its students healthier.The school is getting involved in the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and as News 12's Erick Lind reports it might not be good news for everyone.Walk into the Janesville Waldorf Pemberton school common area, and it's much like any other.Tables, TV and vending machines, but take a closer look and you'll notice something missing.The Pepsi machine doesn't carry a single Pepsi...in fact it doesn't carry any soda that isn't considered "diet".JWP principal Michael Meihak says, "It's a program that has been out there for a few years and the implementation has been going for a couple years and it's just coming to the time now that it's up."The program is the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to help children learn life-long healthy habits in schools.The soft drink machines can stay on if they are low-calorie, otherwise they have to be turned off during the school day.Meihak says, "It's really focusing on the kids and younger generations trying to give them healthier choices than grabbing a pop."While the move might be considered good for the students' health, it may not be good for the health of student organizations that rely on the sales from these machines to help fund their group's events.Student council member Heather Herold says, "We do have some other fund raisers, like we have a dance or two during the year that generates money, and the vending machine if we can keep that."Heather Herold is a member of the J-W-P student council.The pop machine generates around two thousand dollars a year.Herold says they will have to look into other means of fundraising if students decide to start bringing their own non-diet pop to school.Incoming freshman Kaitlyn Sveen thinks students will do just that.Sveen says, "It should be like the student's decision too, because like sometimes you don't always want something healthy to drink."But, Herold hopes the students will be able to make those healthier decisions in the future to keep helping the council.Herold says, "I think it is a positive thing, but some of them still want their pop. It has good and bad."In Janesville, Erick Lind, News 12.







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