DD Lunch Specifications: Will she be ok?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD (F11) is an accelerated seventh grader and we are deciding on high schools of which to apply to now. My DD is a grazer and eats throughout the day. We don't think this will be an issue but I am worried about lunchtimes at various schools. Out of all of the DC Private/Independent HS which are the most accommodating for me/my DD? (We are potentially looking at GDS, Sidwell, Holton Arms, NCS, Saint Andrews (top choice), Madeira, and Maret)

To be more specific, we are herbivores, my DD gets hungry at varied times and can get cranky if she doesn't eat. She has been known to eat her lunch early, and at her middle school she has been reprimanded for eating in class. We don't want her to feel hurt, nay ostracized for her eating so we want to find an inclusive school.

Thank you.

-BH

"nay ostracized"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD (F11) is an accelerated seventh grader and we are deciding on high schools of which to apply to now. My DD is a grazer and eats throughout the day. We don't think this will be an issue but I am worried about lunchtimes at various schools. Out of all of the DC Private/Independent HS which are the most accommodating for me/my DD? (We are potentially looking at GDS, Sidwell, Holton Arms, NCS, Saint Andrews (top choice), Madeira, and Maret)

To be more specific, we are herbivores, my DD gets hungry at varied times and can get cranky if she doesn't eat. She has been known to eat her lunch early, and at her middle school she has been reprimanded for eating in class. We don't want her to feel hurt, nay ostracized for her eating so we want to find an inclusive school.

Thank you.

-BH

This post is nuts. Your daughter needs to grow up. Nobody wants her chicken barbecue sauce on the science group project just cause she feels snacky.

Doesn’t sound like she’s going to be eating chicken barbecue

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait a sec. you really are going to pick a high school based on the permissible grazing schedule of the other herbivores enrolled? Is this a joke?

It’s a fair issue to raise. If people choose based on sports or religious preferences, why shouldn’t they be able to choose based on dietary reasons? When I went on a tour, I heard a lady ask about meals for her son who was vegan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait a sec. you really are going to pick a high school based on the permissible grazing schedule of the other herbivores enrolled? Is this a joke?

It’s a fair issue to raise. If people choose based on sports or religious preferences, why shouldn’t they be able to choose based on dietary reasons? When I went on a tour, I heard a lady ask about meals for her son who was vegan.

That’s not what OP is asking

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Troll post, folks

Yep. But sort of funny.

100% troll post

[Anonymous]

If you get a Dr.'s note- they have to allow it OP. Diabetics do this- they can't ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you get a Dr.'s note- they have to allow it OP. Diabetics do this- they can't ask.

Diabetics don't have a choice. They don't elect to be diabetic. OP and her daughter choose to eat this way when she could just eat a larger breakfast to get her to lunch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does being “accelerated” have to do with lunch?

Either the OP was explaining that her child is really too young for her grade, which is why she will struggle with the reasonable rules around eating or she was just bragging. My money is on the latter.

The private schools receive a high percentage of applicants that are gifted and/or accelerated. OP's daughter will not stand out based on that.

She will if she isn’t emotionally mature enough for the environment, which it sounds like she isn’t

PP here. I meant she won't stand out in the applicant pool due to being "accelerated" as OP describes her. She sounds very immature.0

[Anonymous]

No, she should not be allowed to eat in class and I would complain if kids were allowed to do so. It’s distracting to the other students. And potentially dangerous. My kid has nut allergies. It’s one thing for her to wipe down a table in the cafeteria. She shouldn’t have to worry about your kid leaving nuts lying around the classroom. Teach your kid to eat enough substance during meals so she doesn’t have to graze all day, which is a terrible habit by the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh dear god, are you for real? You have created an entitled child who feels that her non-medical diet needs to be accommodated. Your child is not suffering from some diagnosable disease that requires her to eat at specific intervals. She is not, for example, diabetic, right?
You need an attitude check. Schools should not accommodate your DD's desire to eat whenever she wants. There are set snack times, lunch times, and after school. She can quickly snarf down a protein bar in between classes if she "needs" to. But do not go around thinking that your request is a reasonable one. It is not.

+1
I have a kid trying to gain weight for a sport, and he just downs protein bars between classes. This is not an issue. Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait a sec. you really are going to pick a high school based on the permissible grazing schedule of the other herbivores enrolled? Is this a joke?

It’s a fair issue to raise. If people choose based on sports or religious preferences, why shouldn’t they be able to choose based on dietary reasons? When I went on a tour, I heard a lady ask about meals for her son who was vegan.

This is totally normal if the school is providing lunch. I wouldn't want to pay for a lunch every day that my child won't eat for whatever reason.
Different from OP's very odd and entitled question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you get a Dr.'s note- they have to allow it OP. Diabetics do this- they can't ask.

They can't ask what?

If OP goes to her doctor to get a note allowing her daughter to graze, the doctor can absolutely ask whether she's diabetic. Dr.'s frequently ask questions about medical conditions. I think they teach them to do that in medical school.

[Anonymous]

Your daughter will almost certainly not be okay, but it has nothing to with whether a school will let her snack whenever she pleases

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you get a Dr.'s note- they have to allow it OP. Diabetics do this- they can't ask.

They can't ask what?

If OP goes to her doctor to get a note allowing her daughter to graze, the doctor can absolutely ask whether she's diabetic. Dr.'s frequently ask questions about medical conditions. I think they teach them to do that in medical school.

Duh-- the school cannot ask once she gets a note from the Dr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you get a Dr.'s note- they have to allow it OP. Diabetics do this- they can't ask.

They can't ask what?

If OP goes to her doctor to get a note allowing her daughter to graze, the doctor can absolutely ask whether she's diabetic. Dr.'s frequently ask questions about medical conditions. I think they teach them to do that in medical school.

Duh-- the school cannot ask once she gets a note from the Dr.

Why would a Dr give a kid a note to "graze" in class if it isn't medically necessary? Also, the school needs to know if there is a medical condition involved. As far as I know, being a "herbivore" isn't a medical condition.

"The doctor says my kid can eat whenever she wants." Yeah, right.