Parents are ordering from DoorDash to deliver their MSer's lunch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe if the school lunches weren’t so unhealthy. Our pediatrician said never, even to the pizza once a week.

Then pack your kid a healthier lunch and make sure they don't forget it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hardly a new thing. Parents used to have pizza and Chinese delivered when I was in school in the 1980s. I’ve ordered lunches for my kids when they forgot them at home or on the bus.

It’s not considerate to do just so your child can have a hot fast food meal as a treat, but not everyone can personally run over to their child’s school to drop off a meal. And some kids don’t even have lunch accounts. My oldest was a strict vegetarian.

It's new to me. I guess I went to a poor school where this kind of thing didn't happen.

According to the school, what you are doing is placing a burden on the admin staff. Open a lunch account for your kid. They can get an apple, milk, veggies -- my kids have had to eat some of the school lunches a few times. You can do open the account online, and it will save you and the admin staff the hassle.

I went to a middle-class school in the 80s, and no way would parents have sent pizza or Chinese for their kids lunch. Seniors were allowed to leave campus for lunch, but I can’t imagine anyone sending in lunch to the school. That would have been crazy presumptuous. If lunch was forgotten, you either bought school lunch or went hungry. You’d survive either way.

[Anonymous]

I support all action by schools administrators to rein in parental excess/over involvement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I support all action by schools administrators to rein in parental excess/over involvement.

Me too!
And then these kids can’t function once they leave home and parents wonder why. The kids have everything handed to them! Delivered lunches? WTF. That’s gross excess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hardly a new thing. Parents used to have pizza and Chinese delivered when I was in school in the 1980s. I’ve ordered lunches for my kids when they forgot them at home or on the bus.

It’s not considerate to do just so your child can have a hot fast food meal as a treat, but not everyone can personally run over to their child’s school to drop off a meal. And some kids don’t even have lunch accounts. My oldest was a strict vegetarian.

It's new to me. I guess I went to a poor school where this kind of thing didn't happen.

According to the school, what you are doing is placing a burden on the admin staff. Open a lunch account for your kid. They can get an apple, milk, veggies -- my kids have had to eat some of the school lunches a few times. You can do open the account online, and it will save you and the admin staff the hassle.

I went to a middle-class school in the 80s, and no way would parents have sent pizza or Chinese for their kids lunch. Seniors were allowed to leave campus for lunch, but I can’t imagine anyone sending in lunch to the school. That would have been crazy presumptuous. If lunch was forgotten, you either bought school lunch or went hungry. You’d survive either way.

+1
It’s new PP. you grew upon some 0.5 percenter bubble.

[Anonymous]

My DC's high school does not allow delivery on campus. The old-fashioned pizza delivery guy was one thing, as he was at least someone's employee. With DoorDash, you now have strangers employed by no one showing up at your kid's school. This stuff should be banned.

[Anonymous]

We don't even allow kids to bring in outside food at my school. God help you if they see you with a Starbucks cup on the way in. They make the kids chug it at the door or toss it.

[Anonymous]

Not allowed at our kids middle school. I know the kids try it and try to figure out ways around it (eg having the delivery guy meet them outside—bunch of classes are in portables so kids are in and out anyway). I didn’t realize it was on my kids phone but I guess it synched to mine with some apple update.

[Anonymous]

our school is right by panera so sometimes the older kids will go there for lunch instead why is this even a problem they have grilled cheese and panera and as the C lunch so give it up

[Anonymous]

I was surprised to read about that in the principal’s newsletter too. I hadn’t realized it was a thing either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:our school is right by panera so sometimes the older kids will go there for lunch instead why is this even a problem they have grilled cheese and panera and as the C lunch so give it up

This isn’t about kids leaving the school for lunch. This is about parents ordering a lunch to be delivered to a student at middle school. Two totally different things. One is normal. The other is obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:our school is right by panera so sometimes the older kids will go there for lunch instead why is this even a problem they have grilled cheese and panera and as the C lunch so give it up

This isn’t about kids leaving the school for lunch. This is about parents ordering a lunch to be delivered to a student at middle school. Two totally different things. One is normal. The other is obnoxious.

+1 It's in the title and OP. No MS has open campus for lunch. This isn't about HSers.

[Anonymous]

I am actually all about solving the Dilemma of Two Parent Full Time WOH with money.

Pay someone to clean the house. Pay someone to help prep dinner if you need it. Pay someone to watch your kids after school at your house so you save time picking up at aftercare.

But do not pay someone to deliver a hot lunch to middle school, thus creating extra work for staff. That's a douche move.

[Anonymous]

Yes, we were told not to do this at Walter Johnson. Not sure if it happened at North Bethesda MS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:our school is right by panera so sometimes the older kids will go there for lunch instead why is this even a problem they have grilled cheese and panera and as the C lunch so give it up

This isn’t about kids leaving the school for lunch. This is about parents ordering a lunch to be delivered to a student at middle school. Two totally different things. One is normal. The other is obnoxious.

+1 It's in the title and OP. No MS has open campus for lunch. This isn't about HSers.

My junior high had open campus for lunch.

That was before the days of Stranger Danger, of course.