OT New Random Thread Pt. 3

[gofriars610]

The reality is Flora's cafeteria was never (re)built to accommodate the student population at lunch time. They would have to have at least 3 lunch periods.....which would never fly because lol it's Flora #privilege


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...do schools not do this?

We had five different lunch periods in middle school--one for each "tribe" in the school. (My middle school was divided into teams named after Native American tribes sorta native to the area. I was on Penobscot.) In high school we had three lunch periods--A, B, and C lunch--that were assigned randomly depending on which class you were taking during fifth period. C lunch was the woooorst because it was so late.

 

[cheer25mom]

...do schools not do this?

We had five different lunch periods in middle school--one for each "tribe" in the school. (My middle school was divided into teams named after Native American tribes sorta native to the area. I was on Penobscot.) In high school we had three lunch periods--A, B, and C lunch--that were assigned randomly depending on which class you were taking during fifth period. C lunch was the woooorst because it was so late.

All schools in our district have multiple lunches.


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[cheerKT]

...do schools not do this?

We had five different lunch periods in middle school--one for each "tribe" in the school. (My middle school was divided into teams named after Native American tribes sorta native to the area. I was on Penobscot.) In high school we had three lunch periods--A, B, and C lunch--that were assigned randomly depending on which class you were taking during fifth period. C lunch was the woooorst because it was so late.

Our school did not. Two blocks (90 minute classes), lunch, another two blocks. For everyone. Seniors got off campus lunch to help ease the population on campus at that time. But like @ErinS said, barely anyone ate in the cafeteria so it was fine. We were an open campus with courtyards and separate buildings, so most people just parked it anywhere and ate.

 

[ErinS]

...do schools not do this?

We had five different lunch periods in middle school--one for each "tribe" in the school. (My middle school was divided into teams named after Native American tribes sorta native to the area. I was on Penobscot.) In high school we had three lunch periods--A, B, and C lunch--that were assigned randomly depending on which class you were taking during fifth period. C lunch was the woooorst because it was so late.

One lunch period for 1200 students when I graduated in 2003.
Same for my sister when she graduated in 2013.

And I'm sure it's still the same

Middle school ate by grade level


I feel like all high schools in the district have 1 lunch. But I could be wrong

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[WinstonsGirl]

It is amazing for me to read this. I'm from Canada, and school lunches have never been a big deal (my area at least?). In elementary school, we all brought our own lunches everyday. Once a month a had a pizza lunch. In grades 7/8 they started implementing a weekly warm bought lunch. You didnt have to do it. Each week we would get an order form of the next week's option, give it back to our teacher with money, and the next week these 2 ladies would deliver the meals made fresh. But again, we were paying for this.

In highschool we had a caf, some bought there, most didnt. I never once bought a full lunch from the caf. We also had vending machine. But once Ontario implemented a healthy eating thing for schools. All candy was taken out and replaced with fruit snacks/granola bars. The school did provide free oatmeal breakfast. Few participated in that.

Again- I ALWAYS brought my lunch, as did most people. It so strange to me to hear that people eat school food every single day.

It happens in Canada too. My current school doesn't have a hot lunch program. We're in a well off area and 95% of our kids wouldn't qualify and don't need it. We keep a stash of granola bars, soups and such for when kids forget their lunch or need something.

My old school was on the border of 2 neighbourhoods. Go 3 blocks south, you had million dollar houses. Go 3 blocks north and you were in the middle of crack town and prostitution. We had a hot lunch and breakfast program, which is still running. They get donations from a lot of businesses, grocery stores, bakeries, etc. with day olds, food that is still good but not sellable, etc. and some from the food bank too. We were lucky in that we had a volunteer who would cook up lunches with whatever ingredients she had, and it was always tasty. Food was open to every student, whether needed or not. The only rule is that you can't throw food away. If you're not sure if you want it/will like it, you could ask for a sample.

You're lucky that you didn't experience this growing up. You can't learn when you're hungry

 

[cheerKT]

I did go to another school for a very short time freshman year (long story). But there were four blocked classed of 90 minutes plus four lunch periods, A-D. You went to lunch based on your 3rd block class, so you all went together. My class lucked out and got A lunch, which was right at the beginning of 3rd and therefore right in the middle of the day. B lunch had to do like like, 30 minutes of class time, get up got to lunch and then return to resume the same class. C lunch had an hour, then lunch, then 30 more minutes of the same class. Then you had D lunch which didn't interrupt your class but DID come at the end of the period, so like 1:45. It was so stupid.

Basically I think when you're required to have block schedules it makes breaking up lunches a lot harder.

 

[ErinS]

I did go to another school for a very short time freshman year (long story). But there were four blocked classed of 90 minutes plus four lunch periods, A-D. You went to lunch based on your 3rd block class, so you all went together. My class lucked out and got A lunch, which was right at the beginning of 3rd and therefore right in the middle of the day. B lunch had to do like like, 30 minutes of class time, get up got to lunch and then return to resume the same class. C lunch had an hour, then lunch, then 30 more minutes of the same class. Then you had D lunch which didn't interrupt your class but DID come at the end of the period, so like 1:45. It was so stupid.

Basically I think when you're required to have block schedules it makes breaking up lunches a lot harder.

I feel like my freshman year was either Flora's first or second year of block. My older sister had 7 or 8 45 min classes at least in 9th. Flora still only had one lunch.


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[cheer25mom]

It happens in Canada too. My current school doesn't have a hot lunch program. We're in a well off area and 95% of our kids wouldn't qualify and don't need it. We keep a stash of granola bars, soups and such for when kids forget their lunch or need something.

My old school was on the border of 2 neighbourhoods. Go 3 blocks south, you had million dollar houses. Go 3 blocks north and you were in the middle of crack town and prostitution. We had a hot lunch and breakfast program, which is still running. They get donations from a lot of businesses, grocery stores, bakeries, etc. with day olds, food that is still good but not sellable, etc. and some from the food bank too. We were lucky in that we had a volunteer who would cook up lunches with whatever ingredients she had, and it was always tasty. Food was open to every student, whether needed or not. The only rule is that you can't throw food away. If you're not sure if you want it/will like it, you could ask for a sample.

You're lucky that you didn't experience this growing up. You can't learn when you're hungry

I wish we could do this in the us but we cannot take any food donations. We have to go through the federal program, and the food must meet their guidelines. You are right, it's difficult to learn when you are hungry. I hate seeing kids go through it, and I hate that my hands are tied to help them.


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[WinstonsGirl]

I wish we could do this in the us but we cannot take any food donations. We have to go through the federal program, and the food must meet their guidelines. You are right, it's difficult to learn when you are hungry. I hate seeing kids go through it, and I hate that my hands are tied to help them.


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I think it's ridiculous that you can't take donations. The current Principal actually does a weekly round once a week to all of these businesses to collect food himself. I know they get some program funding too, through various organizations.

 

[MakeYourMark]

It happens in Canada too. My current school doesn't have a hot lunch program. We're in a well off area and 95% of our kids wouldn't qualify and don't need it. We keep a stash of granola bars, soups and such for when kids forget their lunch or need something.

My old school was on the border of 2 neighbourhoods. Go 3 blocks south, you had million dollar houses. Go 3 blocks north and you were in the middle of crack town and prostitution. We had a hot lunch and breakfast program, which is still running. They get donations from a lot of businesses, grocery stores, bakeries, etc. with day olds, food that is still good but not sellable, etc. and some from the food bank too. We were lucky in that we had a volunteer who would cook up lunches with whatever ingredients she had, and it was always tasty. Food was open to every student, whether needed or not. The only rule is that you can't throw food away. If you're not sure if you want it/will like it, you could ask for a sample.

You're lucky that you didn't experience this growing up. You can't learn when you're hungry

Yes but it is not provincially funded or standardized correct?
Of course there are kids in hungry situations- there probably were at my school as well.

 

[WinstonsGirl]

Yes but it is not provincially funded or standardized correct?
Of course there are kids in hungry situations- there probably were at my school as well.

Some of it funded through community organizations - FNMI groups, etc. I'm not sure if the Province directly funds the programs (as I am no longer at a school with this funding), but I know these community groups do receive money from the Province/City. No, there is no standardization that I know of. I was jumping in more to say that this does happen in Canada too. It's not strictly an American problem

 

[gofriars610]

I feel like my freshman year was either Flora's first or second year of block. My older sister had 7 or 8 45 min classes at least in 9th. Flora still only had one lunch.


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we had seven class periods, but we only had five of them a day.

so like on day 1 you'd skip periods 1 and 4, day two you'd skip periods 2 and 5, then 3 and 6, etc.

in hindsight this is a needlessly difficult schedule.

 

[njallday]

we had seven class periods, but we only had five of them a day.

so like on day 1 you'd skip periods 1 and 4, day two you'd skip periods 2 and 5, then 3 and 6, etc.

in hindsight this is a needlessly difficult schedule.

I never understood schools that had "A" and "B" schedules or did things like yours. We had 7 periods at 45 minutes each. The same classes in the same order every day. The only time it changed was if you were taking a quarter or half year elective; then that class would switch to another half year class or you'd go to a study hall.

ETA there were 8 periods, not 7... but one was lunch.

 

[luv2cheer92]

I never understood schools that had "A" and "B" schedules or did things like yours. We had 7 periods at 45 minutes each. The same classes in the same order every day. The only time it changed was if you were taking a quarter or half year elective; then that class would switch to another half year class or you'd go to a study hall.

ETA there were 8 periods, not 7... but one was lunch.

We had classes every other day, except 1st. So 1,2,4,6 one day then 1,3,5,7 the next. 1st period was 50 min and the others were 1:40 each. I actually really liked it this way. It was nice not having the same classes every single day.

We had 4 different lunch periods based on your 4th or 5th period class. We ended school at 1:50 so the first lunch was at like 10:15 which sucked, especially when you had sports right after school with not much time to have a little snack.

 

[AngelsMum24]

I do, honestly, think that's the right decision for her. But the selfish side of me is sad because while I am wholeheartedly all for a woman in office, I'd much prefer a woman like Michelle over Hillary.

I'd prefer almost any woman except Hillary.