For parents of children in elementary/intermediate school...

[Mskanga]

I understand what you say about kids being able to go three hours without snacks ( healthy or not ) , but I would think that if this was a school issue, it should be schoolwide , not just some grades.
Kindergarten as an example goes to school from 9 am till 11:30, they have a snack time and recess time, wether you go in the morning or afternoon session. Then grades 1-4 have snack times and recess. My girlfriend's son is in sixth grade this year in the same school, his lunch time is 11:00 and they don't get out of school until 3:45 , gets home by 4 pm, that's almost 5 hours with no food. I'm not saying about the recess because I really don't care for that, but I think that they could give them 5 minutes to eat some kind of snack to hold them up a bit.
That's what is going to happen to my dd next year. They are all in the same school , kindergarten through sixth grade, go figure.
And BTW, I'm lucky my kids eat in the morning before they leave home , as a parent I know how important that is, but for some people that is not an option, some kids do not eat so early in the morning if you pay them $100 .
What is a snack for my kids? usually pudding , applesauce or pretzels, never fruit rollups , candy or barely ever chips , and never ever soda.
One day my dd last year brought a couple of cookies for snack and the teacher told her that she couldn't bring that in because it wasn't healthy, it had sugar. I asked the teacher how did she know if it was a sugarless cookie , and she backed off.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

In hS I knew people who hid food in lockers to stay sane during the day(especially if you were on early lunch).I kept hard candy in my purse for that reason

 

[poohandwendy]

but I think that they could give them 5 minutes to eat some kind of snack to hold them up a bit.

I imagine part of the problem would be that it would never be just "5 minutes", it would be more like 30 minutes.

Some kids would have to find their snack, then there is all of the talking and giggling, the kids who dawdle and aren't 'finished' yet, the ones who 'forgot' their snack and want to call home, the ones who fight over their snacks, then there are the restroom breaks to clean their hands, then clean up...then you have to try to get their attention back to learning once again. Getting a group of kids to do ANYTHING in 5 minutes is pretty much not going to happen.

 

[Mskanga]

In our school, you forgot your snack, there's no call home, and there's no fighting over snacks because sharing food is not allowed.