Assisgned seats for elementary lunch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our ES assigns each class a group of tables, but does not assign specific seats. I like that it creates some order without forcing kids to sit next to a particular kid who they may not like for whatever reason.

Same. Occasionally they may move certain kids to another table if they're acting up.

[Anonymous]

DS's school has this right now. The school is constantly obsessed with the kids being loud during lunch. This was done as punishment for being too loud too many times it sounds like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS's school has this right now. The school is constantly obsessed with the kids being loud during lunch. This was done as punishment for being too loud too many times it sounds like.

Have you been in the average cafeteria? Loud is an understatement. Kids scream. No joke. Assigned seats bring it to a level that won't burst eardrums.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ours have been stuck in the same assigned lunch seats since the beginning of the year. It started during COVID, but hasn't gone away with the rest of the pandemic-era restrictions.

What makes you think it’s related to COVID restrictions?

I don't, at least not anymore. I think it started that way (the school included it in their list of return-to-school "best practices" to limit the spread), but once it was in practice the teachers/admin realized that it keeps things calmer and they prefer it, which is why it didn't go away when they removed the other restrictions. The kids are tired of it, of course. I wish they would at least give them the opportunity to rotate the seating assignments a couple times a year.

Many teachers do rotate them? Did you ask your DCs teacher?

Yup. Apparently they are happy with the current groupings and don't want to rock the boat. It's more of an annoyance than a real problem, so DC has just resigned to deal with it for a few more months. He doesn't dislike the kids he is sitting with, just would prefer some variation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS's school has this right now. The school is constantly obsessed with the kids being loud during lunch. This was done as punishment for being too loud too many times it sounds like.

Have you been in the average cafeteria? Loud is an understatement. Kids scream. No joke. Assigned seats bring it to a level that won't burst eardrums.

For real. Eventually they won’t have ANYONE willing to cover lunch duty. Then what, pp? I get stressed out bringing my class to the cafeteria because of the behavior of the kids in there and I don’t have lunch duty. It’s awful. Kids run around, throw things, scream, make huge messes and it’s also too loud. I suggest pp volunteer for lunch duty at her son’s school for a week and see what she thinks then.

[Anonymous]

My kid said the kids were throwing food and yelling last week. They have assigned seats now, and I can see why!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS's school has this right now. The school is constantly obsessed with the kids being loud during lunch. This was done as punishment for being too loud too many times it sounds like.

This sounds like BASIS. The silent lunches there sounded draconian, until I saw the absolute chaos at my younger kid's DCPS lunch. Now I don't mind the "silent lunches" that aren't really that silent anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS's school has this right now. The school is constantly obsessed with the kids being loud during lunch. This was done as punishment for being too loud too many times it sounds like.

This sounds like BASIS. The silent lunches there sounded draconian, until I saw the absolute chaos at my younger kid's DCPS lunch. Now I don't mind the "silent lunches" that aren't really that silent anyway.

Whoops. Didn't realize I was in the Fairfax forum. Carry on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS's school has this right now. The school is constantly obsessed with the kids being loud during lunch. This was done as punishment for being too loud too many times it sounds like.

Have you been in the average cafeteria? Loud is an understatement. Kids scream. No joke. Assigned seats bring it to a level that won't burst eardrums.

Yes--screaming, jumping out of seats constantly, bottle flipping, throwing food.

Plus when they're busy chatting with friends they DONT EAT. Then an hour later they complain they're hungry or parents complain their kid doesn't have enough time to eat.

If you're a parent who lets their kid run around during meal times and graze because it's easier for you, then please reconsider your family rules.

[Anonymous]

My ES class doesn’t have assigned seats, but we are assigned tables by class. There are 50 seats available for each class and I have 22 students, so they just choose and spread out.

[Anonymous]

My kids’ middle school has assigned tables.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wolftrap did before COVID. And lunch was super short.

Only for certain classes when there were behavior issues. My kids were in classes with and without assigned seats, depending on the year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ours only does it when behavior is problematic. They earn free seating back with better behavior.

This. I do lunch duty and behavior is atrocious. Assigned seats helps a lot. Kids don't have table manners anymore.

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I also do lunch duty and the kids are so freaking rude. Instead of politely picking up their tray/trash, they lob it at the garbage can (which I am pushing). Just so rude and disrespectful. Having teachers do lunch duty is demeaning, among other things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours only does it when behavior is problematic. They earn free seating back with better behavior.

This. I do lunch duty and behavior is atrocious. Assigned seats helps a lot. Kids don't have table manners anymore.

+1
I also do lunch duty and the kids are so freaking rude. Instead of politely picking up their tray/trash, they lob it at the garbage can (which I am pushing). Just so rude and disrespectful. Having teachers do lunch duty is demeaning, among other things.

Who should do it then? I wish we could have the parents of the rude children come in and supervise, but that would never happen. Who else can they make do it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours only does it when behavior is problematic. They earn free seating back with better behavior.

This. I do lunch duty and behavior is atrocious. Assigned seats helps a lot. Kids don't have table manners anymore.

+1
I also do lunch duty and the kids are so freaking rude. Instead of politely picking up their tray/trash, they lob it at the garbage can (which I am pushing). Just so rude and disrespectful. Having teachers do lunch duty is demeaning, among other things.

Who should do it then? I wish we could have the parents of the rude children come in and supervise, but that would never happen. Who else can they make do it?

Great idea. All I know is that overworked teachers, who barely get 30 minutes for their own lunch (if they're lucky) should NOT have to do cafeteria duty.