They do this in Japan. They have ALL the kids doing some job like sweeping floors and such.
And if kids are NOT doing the basics like learning and only causing trouble like roaming the halls, I have no problem taking away their free lunch.
You probably have no idea how bad inner city schools are.
Jr. High school, mid-1970’s: Milk 6¢, meals 40¢, figured out on my own that having a penny, nickle, dime and quarter in my pocket would cover me whatever direction I went for lunch.
High school was more of a variable, but I was mostly brown bagging it after seeing the truck unloading cases of McDonalds frozen french fries with a big REJECTED sticker on them.
That’s happening in a lot of places. Many schools are also offering free breakfast to all children, also no questions asked.
In the early 00s, my dad was still working sometimes as a substitute teacher, and said that any school that had more than a certain percentage of students who qualified for free- and reduced-price lunch got fruit that all students could take for free, 1 fruit per child. It was mostly “Delicious” apples, oranges, and bananas, with peaches, plums, or pears in season. They were supposed to discard all untaken fruit each day, but most of the schools didn’t, so the staff would bring bags and take fruit home with them. He’d never seen unripe, inedible fruit being served either, which other people have told me about, so that was a good thing.
By “local chef” I assume you’re meaning Jose Andres, who is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
I saw on the news that the cafeteria worker was offered her old job back, but turned them down. I would too.
Do they still let kids bring their own lunch?
I did that in elementary school. But ate cafeteria lunches the rest of my time in school.
And if they aren’t getting a free lunch, they’ve got no reason to come to school at all.
Well at least that helps solve the overcrowding problem in the school classrooms.
This is to the school’s advantage these days. A not-hungry child is going to learn better. Schools are graded on student performance. The school scores are critical to the school and they will do anything they can think of to give themselves an edge.
And kids don’t eat for lots of reasons, money being a relatively minor one. So the school plan is to push meals for all kids regardless. Peer pressure is one way to get everyone to eat lunch.
I think if you actually looked at most of the inner city kids you could tell they dont miss many meals.
The ones only coming for a free lunch are the idiot ones who schools are better off with not having anyways.
Thing is there ARE some good kids out there, even in the inner cities, who WANT a good education. Problem is that minority who cause most of the problems so the teachers cant teach and the kids cant learn.
When the son was in high school we were somewhat dismays to discover that the lunch period was in the range of 25 minutes. So they all ate like Tasmanian Devils, because NO CHILD CAN BE LEFT BEHIND!!!11! (Even the ones that required three resource officers to sit on to get the ‘child’ to stop breaking things…)
I had 10 minutes in school, 25 minutes seems more then enough though, a McD’s has a sign limiting seating to 20 minutes. after all how long does it take to eat a lunch? And what to do with more time, just sit there?
even in the inner cities?
That 25 minutes included getting to the caf from three buildings away (flush twice!), getting the food from the staff who will never need to be tested for Meth, and back to a classroom two buildings in the opposite direction. No wonder why eating disorders were so prevalent.
I know what you mean.
Inner city = black. Are you going to advocate re-segregating schools next?
This may be to prevent loitering.
Kids also use their lunch hour for social time, and recess if they’re younger.
There are many school districts throughout the country that are going to free lunch for all. And there is a proven cost savings associated with it. Especially in poorer districts where there is a high percentage of needy families. By eliminating the administration of the free lunch program and collecting data on needy families the school districts have found that the money saved from the back office administration more than pays for all of the additional free lunches. It also eliminates the stigma of showing your special card that says you are on free lunch.
Teaching would be a much nicer job if it wasn’t for the students.
… that guy again… OK; how come every time I hear any news from the US mentioning a chef, it’s that guy? Not very local btw: while his company may have local openings, the lunch lady is in New Hampshire.
From the link AND QUOTED in the OP:
She told the student to make sure to pay the next day. She wasn’t worried as she had known the boy’s parents since they were children, and had no doubt that the $8 lunch tab would soon be taken care of. And the next morning, she told CNN, that’s exactly what happened.
So, no. What happened is what happened to me ALL THE TIME at school, where I forgot my money and had to bum a lunch, and then paid it back later.
And if there had been any evidence that she’d actually stolen anything, why would the school be trying to give her her job back?