Pleasantdale Elementary District 107 doesn’t, as a general rule, allow students to chew gum in school, but does make exceptions, Superintendent Dave Palzet said.

I was a quiet kid in school who had no problem following the rules, except one. We were not allowed to chew gum in my Catholic school, but I did so anyway. It didn’t matter how many times they ...

The lawsuit also states the parents had previously put in a request at the child’s school in December 2021 for a ban on eating and chewing gum, but in January the school district refused to ...

Schools loosen gum chewing rules GREENSBURG, Pa., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The Hempfield Area School District in Pennsylvania is joining other U.S. districts in loosening rules forbidding gum chewing in ...

Chewing gum was a childhood rite for most Americans. Back in elementary school, gum was tantamount to currency. A few pieces of gum could immediately turn you into one of the most powerful and ...

In a study likely to make school janitors cringe, U.S. researchers said that chewing gum may boost academic performance in teenagers. Many U.S. schools ban chewing gum because children often ...

TENNESSEE —The family of a girl who sought to ban gum-chewing from her classes due to a rare disorder which causes extreme reaction to certain sounds will have her day in court. A lawsuit filed ...