Middle school lunch time is 10:17 am?!
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Anonymous
| If I'm reading my 6th grader's schedule correctly, she has lunch at 10:17 am - is that right?! That seems absurdly early to me. Eastern MS, she has "advisory" listed for 3rd period - https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/middle-schools/a-f/easternms/homepage/bell-schedule---9_1_22.2.pdf |
Anonymous
| Probably, they have to get 1500-2000 students through lunch. |
Anonymous
| I had lunch at my hs at 10:40 am. It did feel early, but kids get out of school before COB hours so they can have a snack after school. My hs had 2000 students—like a pp pointed out, this happens when you have to get that many students through lunch. |
Anonymous
| We don’t live in Montgomery county but my kids lunch is the opposer and very late. Every teacher let’s him have a snack or something to eat if needed before then. |
Anonymous
| Early lunch has always been a thing. And yes, it sucks. |
Anonymous
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My ES kid had lunch at 1015 in mcps. So this seems normal to me.
Be prepared for them to be starving after school. We have dinner at 345/4 for this reason but sports practice is from 6-7 twice a week. Then a snack at 730. |
Anonymous
| Yeah my elementary kids have lunch at 10:20. It’s insanely early. We’ve been eating lunch at 1pm all summer. I wish I’d known earlier and I could have adjusted that a bit. His teacher encourages a fruit or a vegetable as the snack and his after school care doesn’t allow food from home. I’m hoping he chows down at 10:20 so he can make it until 6pm dinner. |
Anonymous
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I don’t understand early lunch. It seems like the last lunch served is 12:00. Why? Why not serve until 1:00? 10:15 is super early to start lunch.
As an adult I rarely eat before 2pm. |
Anonymous
| Light breakfast in order. |
Anonymous
| It was like that when I was in middle school but then again my school started at 7:15 and got out at 2:15 so early lunch wasn’t that bad. |
Anonymous
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Our eighth graders have lunch at 9:45. That’s the earliest lunch. Another grade is 11:20, another 12:55.
-NYC public school |
Anonymous
My public school has 5 lunch periods for different grades and schools so it spans from 9:45-1:40. It’s a space issue when schools have a lot of students. |
Anonymous
| I had this time in HS. It was awful. I was starving by the time school ended, and we weren't allowed to have food in class either. |
Anonymous
| How do you know which lunch your kid has? |
Anonymous
| At our MS, the earliest lunch is 10.58. |