Door dash/Uber for school lunch

[Anonymous]

In a middle school welcome email, there was a “reminder” (as in it has been said before and has been an issue) that the school cannot manage door dash and Uber orders and to not send food delivery to school.

Are parents doing this at your school? I can’t believe it. This isn’t even a private school or wealthy public. Most of the kids (>80%) qualify for free lunch.

[Anonymous]

Yes - kids at my MCPS high school did this and the office had to refuse delivery. I think kids got used to Door Dash while home during Covid. I know mine did.

[Anonymous]

No. Nobody does this where we live.

[Anonymous]

Oh, this crap started at our FCPS ELEMENTARY school! Thankfully our principal shut it down. Told parents that the delivery would be put in a fridge in the office and could be picked up at dismissal.

[Anonymous]

I had to do this once. Was in a rush and completely forgot my child’s lunch. Luckily the front office was understanding and fed my child.

[Anonymous]

Ugh YES- our school (UMC suburban public middle school) has to implement the same rule. From what I heard it was a smallish group of repeat families doing it- definitely not the majority. The school does allow parents to personally drop off a takeout lunch for their child- apparently many do this for birthdays etc. I personally have never done so

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had to do this once. Was in a rush and completely forgot my child’s lunch. Luckily the front office was understanding and fed my child.

You didn’t. My kid forgot her lunch a few times last year. The first time I quickly added money to MySchoolBucks. She didn’t even try to buy and was fine waiting until she got home. The money was there for any other times she forgot.

[Anonymous]

It’s common in HS but the kids order. They go outside and if stopped tell staff they are grabbing something from their car, even if they don’t have a car. The meet the delivery person. -teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s common in HS but the kids order. They go outside and if stopped tell staff they are grabbing something from their car, even if they don’t have a car. The meet the delivery person. -teacher

Yeah, this was going on at my kid’s high school. Administrators quickly shut it down.

[Anonymous]

Seems like it would be a security issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s common in HS but the kids order. They go outside and if stopped tell staff they are grabbing something from their car, even if they don’t have a car. The meet the delivery person. -teacher

Yeah, this was going on at my kid’s high school. Administrators quickly shut it down.

How?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s common in HS but the kids order. They go outside and if stopped tell staff they are grabbing something from their car, even if they don’t have a car. The meet the delivery person. -teacher

Different HS teacher here. Sometimes they are so brazen that they ask to use the restroom and come back a couple of minutes later with their Starbucks delivery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh YES- our school (UMC suburban public middle school) has to implement the same rule. From what I heard it was a smallish group of repeat families doing it- definitely not the majority. The school does allow parents to personally drop off a takeout lunch for their child- apparently many do this for birthdays etc. I personally have never done so

UMC are not spending $20 a day on lunch for kids. Wealthy parents are.

[Anonymous]

This is bananas. We are raising a generation totally dependent on take out and convenience foods.

[Anonymous]

Our HS had to ban this several years ago. Not just delivery services, but parents delivering lunch too. Prior to the ban, they were receiving deliveries of over 150 carryout lunches PER DAY.