WND:
Subway says ’sorry’ to homeschoolers
In the wake of news coverage about its exclusion of homeschoolers from a student essay contest, the Subway restaurant chain has issued an apology and vows to include students educated at home in its next event.
Last weekend, WND broke the story of the eatery’s discrimination, as the firm made it clear on its website the campaign was not open to homeschoolers.
Written apologies are now being e-mailed to people who contacted the company to complain.
“We at Subway restaurants place a high value on education, regardless of the setting, and have initiated a number of programs and promotions aimed at educating our youth in the areas of health and fitness,” said Subway spokesman Jeremie Roche.
“We sincerely apologize to anyone who feels excluded by our current essay contest. Our intention was to provide an opportunity for traditional schools, many of which we know have trouble affording athletic equipment, to win equipment. Our intent was certainly not to exclude homeschool children from the opportunity to win prizes and benefit from better access to fitness equipment.”
“Provide an opportunity for traditional schools.” Subway just admitted that they banned homeschoolers because they wanted to give public school students a chance to win. It seems like homeschoolers win all the spelling bees, geography bees, and other contests where they are permitted to enter. Like I said in this medium several days ago, who would want Olympic track athletes to participate in an elementary school field day?
By the way, does Subway think that homeschooling families aren’t interested in sports and fitness equipment? If anything, it’s harder for them than school districts to purchase it.
