school lunches ?

[bcla]

Our kid is starting kindergarten and my wife just wants to go with the school's lunch $2.25/day for convenience. At various preschools and summer camps, we've ended up cleaning up messes. The only thing is that it's a reduced day and I can't figure out if it's even available, We were in the cafeteria and the setup looks like seating is specific to the class.

 

[phorsenuf]

I just packed lunch money for them and they ate what the cafeteria served.

Yep, that's what I always did with all 4 kids, So much easier! LOL They would ask for a packed lunch once in a while, but not very often. My kids were easy.

 

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

Yep, that's what I always did with all 4 kids, So much easier! LOL They would ask for a packed lunch once in a while, but not very often. My kids were easy.

Heck, they had different themed lines and all kinds of good stuff to eat every day. I'd often get jealous when they talked about what they had for lunch. It certainly sounded much, much better than when I was in school.

 

[bsblady01]

Meh - I've had it lots of different ways. On supervisory lunch duty one day a week rotating with other teachers, eat in the teachers' room while hired lunch ladies are on duty, have your own lunch period to eat and then supervise daily during a second lunch period....at the Nursery-12 school I'm at now basically all teachers eat in the lunch room with the kids - K-2 sits at tables with kids and 3 and up sits elsewhere in the room. Nursery eats withNo paid lunch ladies.

I guess not everyone in an entire state does everything exactly the same in all of their schools.

Our school lunches are quite good, so I never pack unless my kid is at a camp. Then she pretty much gets what she'd usually have at home for lunch in summer. Sandwich, yogurt

wow you must live in a small town if you only have one school

 

[bsblady01]

Heck, they had different themed lines and all kinds of good stuff to eat every day. I'd often get jealous when they talked about what they had for lunch. It certainly sounded much, much better than when I was in school.

I don't think that the school lunch is as good as it was when I was in school.

 

[bsblady01]

Our kid is starting kindergarten and my wife just wants to go with the school's lunch $2.25/day for convenience. At various preschools and summer camps, we've ended up cleaning up messes. The only thing is that it's a reduced day and I can't figure out if it's even available, We were in the cafeteria and the setup looks like seating is specific to the class.

in our school parents prepay for their kids lunches, all students have a lunch account so they don't have to carry money.

 

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

I don't think that the school lunch is as good as it was when I was in school.

I always enjoyed it whenever I had the opportunity to have lunch with them at school. It was most certainly better than anything I had as a kid.

 

[BearFamily]

wow you must live in a small town if you only have one school

I live in a large suburb of a major metropolitan area. It's a private school.

 

[bcla]

in our school parents prepay for their kids lunches, all students have a lunch account so they don't have to carry money.

It is prepaid, but parents are supposed to pay by check at the school office. I remember when I was a kid we could prepay and get a punch card. I actually liked school lunches.

I suppose the most interesting thing I recall is that one of our local radio stations was operated by the San Francisco Unified School District. They were a public radio station and played a lot of the same programming as the other stations in the area. However, they had this long-time announcer who would announce the school lunch selection for the day in a deadpan delivery, and would always finish it with "We thought you'd like to know". Most of the listeners were adults though.

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[carissa1970]

You have no lunch duty where you have to supervise your students?

No, we don't. It is our lunch and prep time.

 

[MSLRAC]

In schools that have cafeterias that are large enough to seat the entire population teachers are still responsible to supervise their students at the tables.

That's how it is at my school. We have 25 minutes for lunch and teachers eat with their classes. There are no aides, assistants, or lunch ladies to help cover them (same with recess). We are responsible for making sure the kids that are buying lunch get through the line without issue and that the ones that packed lunch got everything open and are eating without issue. I usually get 10-15 minutes to actually sit down (with my class) and eat.

I always enjoyed it whenever I had the opportunity to have lunch with them at school. It was most certainly better than anything I had as a kid.

School lunch is much better now then when I was a kid too. My girls and I buy lunch everyday and always have a hard time picking between the daily hot lunch or fresh made soup of the day and salad because it's all so good. Older DD can get Papa John's Pizza, sushi, or Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in middle school and she still picks the school made lunch. DS on the other hand will not touch school lunch and packs every day (pepperonis, crackers, a dill pickle, veggies and dip, fruit, and lemonade).

 

[spacemountainmom]

That's how it is at my school. We have 25 minutes for lunch and teachers eat with their classes. There are no aides, assistants, or lunch ladies to help cover them (same with recess). We are responsible for making sure the kids that are buying lunch get through the line without issue and that the ones that packed lunch got everything open and are eating without issue. I usually get 10-15 minutes to actually sit down (with my class) and eat.



School lunch is much better now then when I was a kid too. My girls and I buy lunch everyday and always have a hard time picking between the daily hot lunch or fresh made soup of the day and salad because it's all so good. Older DD can get Papa John's Pizza, sushi, or Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in middle school and she still picks the school made lunch. DS on the other hand will not touch school lunch and packs every day (pepperonis, crackers, a dill pickle, veggies and dip, fruit, and lemonade).

How does your school have Papa John's and Chick-Fil-A in our crappy Michelle Obama "healthy" lunch world? Our school had to get rid of so much. The parent-run store that was a the biggest fundraising project at the school was forced to close. No one wants to buy the healthy stuff they were forced to sell.

 

[MSLRAC]

How does your school have Papa John's and Chick-Fil-A in our crappy Michelle Obama "healthy" lunch world? Our school had to get rid of so much. The parent-run store that was a the biggest fundraising project at the school was forced to close. No one wants to buy the healthy stuff they were forced to sell.

I honestly don't know how they still have it but all the middle and high schools in our area offer them. The PTA at many schools sell Chick-Fil-A biscuits through car line a couple times a month as fundraisers but yet we can't sell cookie dough or candy as a fundraiser.

 

[lovin'fl]

Nutella Uncrustables. Hummus and pita chips. Crackers and chicken salad. My DDs-16 were very specific about what they want. They want veges and dip and fruit and pretzels or vege straws. Then other things mentioned in lieu of a sandwich. They like to take water too. Sometimes I might roll up lunch meat with cheese and they don't mind that. They just don't like how sandwich bread gets soggy.

 

[aprilgail]

You have no lunch duty where you have to supervise your students?

Teachers have lunch duty in places?? Here we have lunchroom aides that are hired to do just that. Teachers get to have their own lunch period and go out, do errands or run out for a bite to eat. Panera here is very popular for teachers to go out to for lunch. After lunch the kids go out on the playground where there are playground aids to watch them.

 

[declansdad]

Teachers have lunch duty in places?? Here we have lunchroom aides that are hired to do just that. Teachers get to have their own lunch period and go out, do errands or run out for a bite to eat. Panera here is very popular for teachers to go out to for lunch. After lunch the kids go out on the playground where there are playground aids to watch them.

No money for lunch room aides around here. Teachers have duty before classes start, throughout the day and bus duty afterschool. Prep times don't happen over a lunch period but during the day.

 

[aprilchem]

Teachers have lunch duty in places?? Here we have lunchroom aides that are hired to do just that. Teachers get to have their own lunch period and go out, do errands or run out for a bite to eat. Panera here is very popular for teachers to go out to for lunch. After lunch the kids go out on the playground where there are playground aids to watch them.

Same here, except for the Panera part There are lunch ladies who supervise the lunchroom and serve the food. Teachers eat their lunch in the faculty lounge during lunch time.

 

[MSLRAC]

No money for lunch room aides around here. Teachers have duty before classes start, throughout the day and bus duty afterschool. Prep times don't happen over a lunch period but during the day.

That's exactly how it is here. I get a planning period 45 minutes a day, 4 days a week (class is at related arts) and that's it. My class is with me and under my supervision the rest of the day. Teachers are not allowed to leave campus unless it's cleared through administration.

 

[Mizzoufan]

Teacher here do lunch duty.

 

[wenrob]

The problem with buying lunch, (at least at my kids school) is that they have to wait in line to get their lunch and then another line to get their drink so by the time they get to their table they barely have time to eat. My kids come home starving on days they buy hot lunch and they get zero time to play on those days.

Here the teachers rotate lunch duty, playground duty etc.