A 9-year-old boy organized a protest after school stopped serving chocolate milk at lunchtime

A group of fourth-graders are protesting against their school's decision of pulling out chocolate milk. They are led by 9-year-old, Jordan Reed, at Sierra Vista K-8 School in Vacaville, California, reports PEOPLE. A protest was held recently in response to a plan by the district to remove chocolate milk from lunch menus in 2020. Students across the district were dissatisfied with this decision. Lunchtime wasn't the same for the children as there was something missing from the menu.

Wesson Markowski, a fourth-grader spoke to KCRA, "When we walked in, I was like, 'What the heck — where is it at?'" Jordan Reed, whose rage was boiling over as a result of the missing lunch item, went above and beyond the call of duty by preparing signs for all of his classmates the night before. He said, "The people who are going to be negotiating with me, I'm probably going to put them on the spot." So, on 4th February, Jordan's class of 26 kids came together to bring back the popular beverage, and it succeeded. According to The Washington Post, the idea for a protest arose after Jordan's teacher, Emily Doss, assigned her class a project that was too personal.

Doss sent her students a Scholastic News piece headlined "Should Schools Serve Flavored Milk?" about a fourth-grader in Missouri who petitioned his school to reintroduce strawberry milk. Doss encouraged her kids to build additional banners after discovering that local media had learned about the demonstration. She motivated them to defend their cause and negotiate accordingly. Students exited class shoulder to shoulder, step by step, to rally in front of the school. They chanted while holding up their placards, per KCRA.

Jordan claimed that by making ordinary milk the only option, his peers drank less milk, resulting in more waste. He also argued that pupils may be getting less calcium and vitamin D.

They eventually persuaded school administrators to bring back chocolate milk. Richie Wilim, district chef and culinary manager said that the drink was initially removed from schools owing to its high sugar content. He added that the school intends to serve chocolate milk once a week. Jordan said, "I felt good about it. I brought back something that everybody wanted."

Doss thinks the experience was about more than simply chocolate milk and a win. She said, "It went from a review lesson to this huge life lesson for these kids."