TT trying to eliminate open lunch

[Anonymous]

Bethesda parents win again. The outdated policy stays and we can look forward to more thefts, fights and shootouts in school parking lots, nearby shopping centers and neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You should advocate for your schools principal to allow for open lunch.

Removing open lunch for every school will not fix the problem you are experiencing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda parents win again. The outdated policy stays and we can look forward to more thefts, fights and shootouts in school parking lots, nearby shopping centers and neighborhoods.

Or maybe most of the kids are actually decent humans?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda parents win again. The outdated policy stays and we can look forward to more thefts, fights and shootouts in school parking lots, nearby shopping centers and neighborhoods.

Or maybe most of the kids are actually decent humans?

[/img]https://ibb.co/mrXKGPmJ[img]

Oops I'm bad at posting images. Essentially, an elderly woman from the community posted on NextDoor that she fell at the Wildwood shopping center yesterday during WJ lunch, and several kids leaped into action to help her.

Here is the link https://nextdoor.com/p/YkYcrMCwLRRb?utm_source=share&extras=MTg3NjM3&utm_campaign=1779402883788&share_action_id=180878be-ee27-47a6-8921-fe62a682cb9c

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

Kids with open lunch leave to bother kids at other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda parents win again. The outdated policy stays and we can look forward to more thefts, fights and shootouts in school parking lots, nearby shopping centers and neighborhoods.

Or maybe most of the kids are actually decent humans?

[/img]https://ibb.co/mrXKGPmJ[img]

Oops I'm bad at posting images. Essentially, an elderly woman from the community posted on NextDoor that she fell at the Wildwood shopping center yesterday during WJ lunch, and several kids leaped into action to help her.

Here is the link https://nextdoor.com/p/YkYcrMCwLRRb?utm_source=share&extras=MTg3NjM3&utm_campaign=1779402883788&share_action_id=180878be-ee27-47a6-8921-fe62a682cb9c

WJ Students also spring into action a year or two ago when an older woman was hit by a car on Rock Spring Dr. Celebrate the good kids!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

Exactly!

All high schools should have the same policies across the board. Principals come and go. This decision needs to be from administration. When the surrounding schools can all go out, get fresh air, Uber Eats delivered, go to drive thrus or walk to get food - why should some schools be packed inside with only a long lunch line and dirty hallroom floors to sit on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

Our “classist” Bethesda school (WJ) has 3k students in a bldg built for 2k. Until Woodward opens, it would be a safety hazard for our school to have closed lunch right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

Our “classist” Bethesda school (WJ) has 3k students in a bldg built for 2k. Until Woodward opens, it would be a safety hazard for our school to have closed lunch right now.

I don’t believe you. No concerns about kids during class time. Proof there is room in the building for kids to spread out during lunch.

Also, can the staff monitor outdoor areas of the campus for kids to eat? Plenty of schools across the country do this successfully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

Our “classist” Bethesda school (WJ) has 3k students in a bldg built for 2k. Until Woodward opens, it would be a safety hazard for our school to have closed lunch right now.

This. Exactly. WJ has 19 portables.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

I would argue that someone who responds to a different opinion by name calling is the “dense” one.