Bottled water out, soda in at schools

Plus, he added, although the bottled water ban is included in the nutrition policy, it's really more of an environmental issue.

"The two things are really very different," he said. "We can provide an alternative with water that doesn't require bottles or cans with our water fountains and taps."

Sure, that kinda makes sense, but if you are gonna ban bottled water due to its bottles and because you have an alternative (water fountains and tap) then you can do the same thing with soda. Ban the bottle and use cans or get soda fountains and use cups or reusable containers.