Parents of sixth graders at a Pennsylvania school were forced to sign permissions slips so that their children could each eat a single Oreo cookie . Mrs Darlene Porter , a science teacher at Welsh Valley Middle School in Lower Merion , sent the note out while planning a lesson for Friday about the Earth 's tectonic plates , which she wanted to represent with Double Stuf Oreos . The Twitter account Mainline Housewife posted a picture of a form describing it as 'insanity ' . Parents of sixth graders at a school in eastern Pennsylvania received a letter from teacher Darlene Porter asking for a signature allowing their children to eat an Oreo cookie . 'The students may eat the Oreo after the investigation if this is okay with you , ' the note , sent home on Monday , reads . 'The students do NOT have to eat the Oreo if they do not wish to do so . ' Mrs Porter 's form then explains that without expressed parental permission given by Wednesday , the students would not be allowed to have the the cookie . 'It 's one teacher who was really trying to do her due diligence , quite honestly , '' Lower Merion School District spokesman Doug Young told the Philadelphia Inquirer . Despite its intentions , the permissions slips were lambasted by Internet users . 'Oh dear Lord . Some poor tree had to give its life for this idiocy , ' one commenters said on the parenting blog Free-Range Kids . A spokesman for the Lower Merion School District said that the teacher was 'trying to do her due diligence ' but there was no requirement that permission slips be sent home . A student in Ms Porter 's class has a food allergy , though there was no requirement for the forms to be sent home to every parent . 'Did the school ask permission to send this permission slip ? ' another asked . Mainline Housewife said that she did not blame the teacher 's zeal . ' I fault our crazy culture , ' she said . A student in Ms Porter 's class has an allergy that requires notifications about food in the classroom , though there is no requirement that permission slips to all parents need to be sent . Pennsylvania School Boards Association spokesman Steve Robinson said that schools should already have plans where they already know which foods students can eat . Allergies are not mentioned in Ms Porter 's letter . Mr Young did not say how many students chose to eat Oreos on Friday , though the parents of a student who can not eat gluten sent gluten-free Oreos to school . Two Double Stuf Oreos have 140 calories , 13 grams of sugar and seven grams of fat , according to Snackworks.com .
Parents of 6th graders in Lower Merion , Pennsylvania , asked to sign form . Oreos used in demonstration , but students needed permission to eat them . Comment: Administrators say that the much-criticized effort was 'due diligence '