Why do some high schools allow open lunch and others do not

[Anonymous]

Open lunch policies would make much more sense if lunch was 1.5 hours. But it's pretty difficult to leave campus, order your food, eat it, and make it back to school in time with the current time provided.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am still shocked Wawa is opening up in front of Gaithersburg high school.

That will be a train wreck.

Waited decades for a Wawa and it will be ruined in a month.

I hate it when convenience stores locate in locations that are convenient to their customers!

Gaithersburg High School students are not the customers they are looking for. They will lose more in theft.

And that location is awful. I mean at least the Royal Farms got a great location right off 270, but that is by far the worst run Royal Farms I have ever been in and it's disgusting. And again, so much theft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why some high schools allow their students to go off anywhere during lunch and others claim “for security purposes” they can’t leave campus or have food delivered.

Then don’t allow lunch for all 4 grades in one period. There isn’t enough room, there is no seating, the lines are too long, there are no lockers for lunches so kids have to carry them all day if they bring them. Most kids just aren’t eating all day.

Some schools just have better support and community, which makes so much more possible. MCPS is mostly a system full of haves and have-nots. I often think of things like how wealthy schools offer enriched math classes to their students that aren't available elsewhere. I guess it's life and we just need to except that things aren't fair.

Wootton has a closed campus for lunch and a completely run down building. So stop with the "poor have it the worst" whining

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am still shocked Wawa is opening up in front of Gaithersburg high school.

That will be a train wreck.

Waited decades for a Wawa and it will be ruined in a month.

I hate it when convenience stores locate in locations that are convenient to their customers!

Gaithersburg High School students are not the customers they are looking for. They will lose more in theft.

And that location is awful. I mean at least the Royal Farms got a great location right off 270, but that is by far the worst run Royal Farms I have ever been in and it's disgusting. And again, so much theft.

Oh no! Did nobody tell them that Gaithersburg HS is right across the road? Is it too late for them to change their plans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why some high schools allow their students to go off anywhere during lunch and others claim “for security purposes” they can’t leave campus or have food delivered.

Then don’t allow lunch for all 4 grades in one period. There isn’t enough room, there is no seating, the lines are too long, there are no lockers for lunches so kids have to carry them all day if they bring them. Most kids just aren’t eating all day.

Some schools just have better support and community, which makes so much more possible. MCPS is mostly a system full of haves and have-nots. I often think of things like how wealthy schools offer enriched math classes to their students that aren't available elsewhere. I guess it's life and we just need to except that things aren't fair.

Wootton has a closed campus for lunch and a completely run down building. So stop with the "poor have it the worst" whining

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a safety issue (if it is) because kids jump in their cars and speed away. They don't much time for lunch. They speed to whatever fast food place is closest or has become the go-to hang-out spot. It's chaotic. Don't have a car or a license, no problem - somebody does. And it's not very cool if you don't leave campus. I'm not saying it should change, it's been this way forever. It is chaotic.

Back in the day at B-CC everyone just walked over to the McDonalds for a nice healthy lunch. There was plenty of time. That location was profitable because of the proximity to the high school.

B-CC also has a nicely shaded front lawn where students would often relax outdoors. B-CC like most old historic schools in urban settings is perfectly suited for the open campus policies.

And the cafeteria has never been large enough to hold all the students at once. I believe that lunch in a crummy, crowded cafeteria for thousands of students is a terrible idea for any school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am still shocked Wawa is opening up in front of Gaithersburg high school.

That will be a train wreck.

Waited decades for a Wawa and it will be ruined in a month.

I hate it when convenience stores locate in locations that are convenient to their customers!

Gaithersburg High School students are not the customers they are looking for. They will lose more in theft.

And that location is awful. I mean at least the Royal Farms got a great location right off 270, but that is by far the worst run Royal Farms I have ever been in and it's disgusting. And again, so much theft.

Oh no! Did nobody tell them that Gaithersburg HS is right across the road? Is it too late for them to change their plans?

They already said there is going to be a 2 kid limit in the store at all times. They are bracing. But yes, it was a really stupid plan. They would have done much better off of a major highway and not in the middle of the ghetto

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a safety issue (if it is) because kids jump in their cars and speed away. They don't much time for lunch. They speed to whatever fast food place is closest or has become the go-to hang-out spot. It's chaotic. Don't have a car or a license, no problem - somebody does. And it's not very cool if you don't leave campus. I'm not saying it should change, it's been this way forever. It is chaotic.

Back in the day at B-CC everyone just walked over to the McDonalds for a nice healthy lunch. There was plenty of time. That location was profitable because of the proximity to the high school.

B-CC also has a nicely shaded front lawn where students would often relax outdoors. B-CC like most old historic schools in urban settings is perfectly suited for the open campus policies.

And the cafeteria has never been large enough to hold all the students at once. I believe that lunch in a crummy, crowded cafeteria for thousands of students is a terrible idea for any school.

I cannot take you seriously with this. You actually believe the words "McDonald's" and "healthy" go together?

Convenient? Sure. Liked by kids? Absolutely. But McDonald's is not now, nor has it ever been, anyone's definition of healthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am still shocked Wawa is opening up in front of Gaithersburg high school.

That will be a train wreck.

Waited decades for a Wawa and it will be ruined in a month.

I hate it when convenience stores locate in locations that are convenient to their customers!

Gaithersburg High School students are not the customers they are looking for. They will lose more in theft.

And that location is awful. I mean at least the Royal Farms got a great location right off 270, but that is by far the worst run Royal Farms I have ever been in and it's disgusting. And again, so much theft.

Oh no! Did nobody tell them that Gaithersburg HS is right across the road? Is it too late for them to change their plans?

They already said there is going to be a 2 kid limit in the store at all times. They are bracing. But yes, it was a really stupid plan. They would have done much better off of a major highway and not in the middle of the ghetto

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a safety issue (if it is) because kids jump in their cars and speed away. They don't much time for lunch. They speed to whatever fast food place is closest or has become the go-to hang-out spot. It's chaotic. Don't have a car or a license, no problem - somebody does. And it's not very cool if you don't leave campus. I'm not saying it should change, it's been this way forever. It is chaotic.

Back in the day at B-CC everyone just walked over to the McDonalds for a nice healthy lunch. There was plenty of time. That location was profitable because of the proximity to the high school.

B-CC also has a nicely shaded front lawn where students would often relax outdoors. B-CC like most old historic schools in urban settings is perfectly suited for the open campus policies.

And the cafeteria has never been large enough to hold all the students at once. I believe that lunch in a crummy, crowded cafeteria for thousands of students is a terrible idea for any school.

I cannot take you seriously with this. You actually believe the words "McDonald's" and "healthy" go together?

Convenient? Sure. Liked by kids? Absolutely. But McDonald's is not now, nor has it ever been, anyone's definition of healthy.

Actually, the sad fact was that the B-CC McDonalds was more or less on the same level as the school lunches that were also full of sodium and preservatives.

One way to keep more kids on campus without coercion is to provide healthy and delicious school lunches like those of most European schools, France especially. Students in those freely schools come and go through the day, yet most enjoy the healthy and delicious meals all cooked in the school’s kitchen and curated by chefs. It’s sad that in the 1980s most US public schools stopped cooking meals on-site and instead trucked in refrigerated hot dogs and nuggets. In the 90s and early 00s, the salad bars with limp lettuce was the only overture towards providing healthy options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a safety issue (if it is) because kids jump in their cars and speed away. They don't much time for lunch. They speed to whatever fast food place is closest or has become the go-to hang-out spot. It's chaotic. Don't have a car or a license, no problem - somebody does. And it's not very cool if you don't leave campus. I'm not saying it should change, it's been this way forever. It is chaotic.

Back in the day at B-CC everyone just walked over to the McDonalds for a nice healthy lunch. There was plenty of time. That location was profitable because of the proximity to the high school.

B-CC also has a nicely shaded front lawn where students would often relax outdoors. B-CC like most old historic schools in urban settings is perfectly suited for the open campus policies.

And the cafeteria has never been large enough to hold all the students at once. I believe that lunch in a crummy, crowded cafeteria for thousands of students is a terrible idea for any school.

I cannot take you seriously with this. You actually believe the words "McDonald's" and "healthy" go together?

Convenient? Sure. Liked by kids? Absolutely. But McDonald's is not now, nor has it ever been, anyone's definition of healthy.

Actually, the sad fact was that the B-CC McDonalds was more or less on the same level as the school lunches that were also full of sodium and preservatives.

One way to keep more kids on campus without coercion is to provide healthy and delicious school lunches like those of most European schools, France especially. Students in those freely schools come and go through the day, yet most enjoy the healthy and delicious meals all cooked in the school’s kitchen and curated by chefs. It’s sad that in the 1980s most US public schools stopped cooking meals on-site and instead trucked in refrigerated hot dogs and nuggets. In the 90s and early 00s, the salad bars with limp lettuce was the only overture towards providing healthy options.

Unlike McDonald's, school lunches have sodium limits.

https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/school-lunch-and-breakfast-sodium-limits-and-timeline

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a safety issue (if it is) because kids jump in their cars and speed away. They don't much time for lunch. They speed to whatever fast food place is closest or has become the go-to hang-out spot. It's chaotic. Don't have a car or a license, no problem - somebody does. And it's not very cool if you don't leave campus. I'm not saying it should change, it's been this way forever. It is chaotic.

Back in the day at B-CC everyone just walked over to the McDonalds for a nice healthy lunch. There was plenty of time. That location was profitable because of the proximity to the high school.

B-CC also has a nicely shaded front lawn where students would often relax outdoors. B-CC like most old historic schools in urban settings is perfectly suited for the open campus policies.

And the cafeteria has never been large enough to hold all the students at once. I believe that lunch in a crummy, crowded cafeteria for thousands of students is a terrible idea for any school.

I cannot take you seriously with this. You actually believe the words "McDonald's" and "healthy" go together?

Convenient? Sure. Liked by kids? Absolutely. But McDonald's is not now, nor has it ever been, anyone's definition of healthy.

Actually, the sad fact was that the B-CC McDonalds was more or less on the same level as the school lunches that were also full of sodium and preservatives.

One way to keep more kids on campus without coercion is to provide healthy and delicious school lunches like those of most European schools, France especially. Students in those freely schools come and go through the day, yet most enjoy the healthy and delicious meals all cooked in the school’s kitchen and curated by chefs. It’s sad that in the 1980s most US public schools stopped cooking meals on-site and instead trucked in refrigerated hot dogs and nuggets. In the 90s and early 00s, the salad bars with limp lettuce was the only overture towards providing healthy options.

Us 'Mercans aren't gonna to pay no French taxes!