Door dash/Uber for school lunch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe if school lunches were actually edible, there would be less of this.

Agreed!!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a middle school welcome email, there was a “reminder” (as in it has been said before and has been an issue) that the school cannot manage door dash and Uber orders and to not send food delivery to school.

Are parents doing this at your school? I can’t believe it. This isn’t even a private school or wealthy public. Most of the kids (>80%) qualify for free lunch.

Yes, they are doing it at our HS and getting the food in the building. They are not supposed to do so and when, last year, I pointed out the door number where there were a number of Door Dashers waiting for students to let them in, the admin just shrugged. (Looking at you Fairfax HS). I'm not sure it is the parents, but the students making the orders.

But the parents are paying the bill for the credit card the app is linked to. They are complicit.

Not in all cases, in our experience. Some kids work and have some spare money and do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe if school lunches were actually edible, there would be less of this.

Agreed!!!!!

School lunches are not all bad, but you can always just pack. It’s not Chipotle or nothing.

[Anonymous]

People can choose how to spend their money. I find it wasteful and wouldn’t do it, but other kids/parents clearly disagree. If the school isn’t interested in banning deliveries or enforcing a ban, I’m not sure there’s anything to do but shrug and move on.

[Anonymous]

Its a shame because the one day my kid forgot lunch, I delivered it to the school and was told my child could not come down to get it. No deliveries allowed. A friend donated an apple and that was lunch. They did survive. It was high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe if school lunches were actually edible, there would be less of this.

Agreed!!!!!

If parents can afford to door dash a lunch, then they can afford to pack a decent lunch and send it. No excuse

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s common in HS but the kids order. They go outside and if stopped tell staff they are grabbing something from their car, even if they don’t have a car. The meet the delivery person. -teacher

Different HS teacher here. Sometimes they are so brazen that they ask to use the restroom and come back a couple of minutes later with their Starbucks delivery.

I'm also a HS teacher. While this is crazy and unacceptable, it is also an example of why I love teenagers so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its a shame because the one day my kid forgot lunch, I delivered it to the school and was told my child could not come down to get it. No deliveries allowed. A friend donated an apple and that was lunch. They did survive. It was high school.

Public schools will give the student a hot lunch in this case.

[Anonymous]

My kids always ate the school lunch

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh YES- our school (UMC suburban public middle school) has to implement the same rule. From what I heard it was a smallish group of repeat families doing it- definitely not the majority. The school does allow parents to personally drop off a takeout lunch for their child- apparently many do this for birthdays etc. I personally have never done so

UMC are not spending $20 a day on lunch for kids. Wealthy parents are.

Wrong. UMC aren't doing this everyday but enough to make it annoying to the staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a shame because the one day my kid forgot lunch, I delivered it to the school and was told my child could not come down to get it. No deliveries allowed. A friend donated an apple and that was lunch. They did survive. It was high school.

Public schools will give the student a hot lunch in this case.

It was public school but my child probably did not know this as he had hot lunch 1 time in kindergarten and never wanted it again.

[Anonymous]

My kid goes to a poor public high school in Baltimore City and it's a thing there too! I have no idea how the kids are financing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s common in HS but the kids order. They go outside and if stopped tell staff they are grabbing something from their car, even if they don’t have a car. The meet the delivery person. -teacher

Yep same. We had a whole issue last year when a kid went to the side door and let a driver into the school. Now every single day we have to hear “Do not open any side doors for visitors” on the announcements.

It’s a pain in the ass!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh YES- our school (UMC suburban public middle school) has to implement the same rule. From what I heard it was a smallish group of repeat families doing it- definitely not the majority. The school does allow parents to personally drop off a takeout lunch for their child- apparently many do this for birthdays etc. I personally have never done so

UMC are not spending $20 a day on lunch for kids. Wealthy parents are.

Wrong. UMC aren't doing this everyday but enough to make it annoying to the staff.

You think real UMC can afford 20 a day a few days a week for a kids lunch. That’s Rich.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had to do this once. Was in a rush and completely forgot my child’s lunch. Luckily the front office was understanding and fed my child.

You didn’t. My kid forgot her lunch a few times last year. The first time I quickly added money to MySchoolBucks. She didn’t even try to buy and was fine waiting until she got home. The money was there for any other times she forgot.

Your kids go to public school don’t they?