Sodas in Boarding Schools

I'm addicted to soda, pop, or coke, depending on which part of the country you are from. It looks like soda is the preferred term in all the boarding school areas. Seriouslly, I tried doing without soda today. I gave in, and wound up drinking a soda for dinner. But that was going to be my only soda for the day. By 8:45 pm, I had to have another soda! I tried just drinking water, but I couldn't do it. I don't know why I'm addicted. It's not the caffeine. I can do just fine with caffeine free soda. I just need the soda.

At one of the boarding schools I worked at, students were not allowed to have sodas on campus, unless provided by the school for special events. Students were able to purchase sodas during town-time and on weekend trips, but those had to be consumed before coming back on campus. Needless to say, many kids snuck soda onto school grounds. The other school I worked at did allow soda. They even had a soda machine on campus. None of the students were excessive with their soda drinking, as far as I know. Mostly one or two cans a day.

If and when Golden Tree Academy becomes operational, we will need to decide on a policy for sodas. Should we allow sodas on campus? If we do, we would have to monitor consumption to ensure that some kid isn't drinking too much. If we don't, students will still get it, but hide it, but they probably won't have as much access to it. Oh decisions decisions. What is your opinion? Should a residential school for mostly middle school aged students allow sodas on campus?