I agree that 10 am is way too early for lunch. However, I wish our school would cut out the snacks. They're usually worthless junk food and just kills the kids appetite for a meal. My ds was going on junk most of his school day. I did manage to get a decent breakfast down him, but that was the last I had control over what he ate for the rest of the day. They'd get a mid-morning snack, which killed his appetite for lunch. He barely picked at his lunch, and bought chocolate milk, chips, other junk from the cafeteria. I was powerless to stop any of this. I wrote letters to the school that I didn't want him buying snacks, but they were ignored. I didn't send lunch money with him, but they'd let him buy whatever and run a tab. When I did put money in his lunch account a month's worth was gone in a few days! Apparently he was buying snacks for his friends. I argued with the school to no avail--use your common sense. Don't let a kid buy 10 bags of chips and 6 chocolate milks all at one meal. I couldn't keep track of his lunch account money because it was gone for snacks. I tried sending just enough lunch money for that day, but he'd lose it. And, like I said, they just let him buy anything and run a tab. Then I'd get complaints that he was acting up in the afternoon. Wonder why? The fact that he'd been going on junk food all day didn't seem to be significant to the school. And they're the ones teaching them about making healthy food choices!I don't know how I'm going to get around it this school year, but I'm not going to have a repeat of last year, if I have to go to the school board.
