Parent 'concerned' about business presence at local high school

Parent 'concerned' about business presence at local high school

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HIGHLAND — A Utah County parent is raising concerns about seeing a fast food company's car and mascot at her local high school.

Elisabeth Luntz said she saw a Chick-fil-A car in the parking lot of Lone Peak High School on Halloween. Additionally, the principal, Rhonda Bromley, and at least one other staff member wore the costumes of the Chick-fil-A cow mascot that day.

Luntz said that children are bombarded with advertising everywhere, and she would like to see public schools as an ad-free place.

"I think it's inappropriate for Chick-fil-A to have a full day of advertising at Lone Peak High School, even convincing the principal to dress as the ad cow," said Luntz on her Facebook page. "Advertising is one and the same with propaganda and I feel like the kids should be in an ad-free zone at school."

However, Bromley said she was not advertising for Chick-fil-A — it was a donated Halloween costume, and the car was there dropping off a donated staff lunch.

"I really appreciate businesses like Chick-fil-A that are willing to be partners with our schools," Bromley said. "Lone Peak High School certainly isn't the only business that they help."

Lone Peak and other schools in Utah have partnerships with many businesses who donate lunches, coupons and prizes to reward high school students and to show teacher appreciation. Even some school buses in other districts sport ads to help raise revenue for schools.

"Most schools in our district do have business sponsorships of different things that the business people in our community are willing to do to help us with raising funds and donating things," Bromley said.

Luntz said she contacted the school to complain in addition to posting her complaint on Facebook.

Bromley said she is glad to talk to any parent who has any concerns, and that she has reached out to Luntz to address her specific concerns.

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