Best food at which private coed or all boys?

[Anonymous]

One additional perspective. I am a teacher, and so I eat the lunch provided as well. As a retention tool, it is a nice incentive to work in private. I took a pay cut when I left the public school system, and it's helpful that lunch is included. Also, I agree that the lunches are not fancy per se, they are just nutritious and wholesome and creative. They fuel the kids so they can learn. Healthy body, health minds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One additional perspective. I am a teacher, and so I eat the lunch provided as well. As a retention tool, it is a nice incentive to work in private. I took a pay cut when I left the public school system, and it's helpful that lunch is included. Also, I agree that the lunches are not fancy per se, they are just nutritious and wholesome and creative. They fuel the kids so they can learn. Healthy body, health minds.

Duck, some hating parent is about to say you should have kept your "high paying" public school teaching job and funded your own lunches. I'm glad to hear the teachers eat for free. It's the least the school can offer since the salary is pretty crappy.

[Anonymous]

The Sidwell chef works for an outside caterer, which proves the point that creativity, skill and a goal oriented mission are what separate good menus from bad menus. I'm sure the school would save some money by going the boiled potato and canned peaches route, but it doesn't. And the students, teachers and parents all reap tangible benefits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ehh, these schools should serve nutritious, but simple foods and use the money saved for actual educational purposes.

The schools clearly aren't hurting for money to put towards educational purposes.
Why do simple when you don't have to? Stop being a Debbie downer. Not only is the food nutritious but it's also exposing the children to a variety of cultures through food and opening their palate to be healthy, non-picky eaters. I for one was impressed by the lunch offerings at the school my DC will start at in the fall (Beauvoir) and it was definitely a big selling point in moving it to our first choice over schools that offered no lunch like GDS. I'm happy to pay it as part of the tuition and never have to worry about doing anything other than dropping DC off at school and not worrying about packing lunches or God forbid forgetting to fund some lunch spend account and having nasty notes sent home that my child will not eat tomorrow if I don't pay up!

When I'm paying almost $40K a year in tuition, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that the kids eat more than "nutritious, simple food."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child will also be attending Beauvoir next year and I am very impressed with the lunch service they provide! Quite frankly, I'm trying to figure out how many days a week I can volunteer for lunch services so I too can partake in some of those gourmet fabulous meals! I plan on telling my DC to eat up and as much as possible because at home there will be no fancy meals. I work, have no nanny or Au Pair and don't have the time to do much more than throw something in the oven, steam some veggies and boil some rice on any given day! So yeah, I'm pretty giddy over the fact that my DC is going to have the opportunity to eat some pretty amazing food (from a variety of cultures) on a daily basis; food that I would not otherwise have the opportunity to expose DC too on a regular basis.

If am really lucky, DC will stop saying their favorite meal is chicken nuggets, french fries and ketchup! Hahahaha! Whatever additional cost the lunch and snacks add to the tuition bill, I'm happy to pay without hesitation. I seriously doubt it's preventing the school from providing a top-notch education (oh wait, it is part of the educational experience)...so that fixes that problem. LOL.

If you've allowed this, you already have a problem.

[Anonymous]

SSSAS is in house for US. I meet the kitchen staff when we toured right before lunch and I was very impressed. It does seem a bit "simpler" than the Sidwell nod Holton menus but just as nutritious and incredibly fresh and wholesome. It's not included in tuition but SSSAS is significantly less $$$ than these other schools. DC ended up not accepting their admissions offer but we loved the school.

[Anonymous]

I am amazed by these menus..but in the end I would still likely be packing a pb&J for my child who would not find much preferred selection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child will also be attending Beauvoir next year and I am very impressed with the lunch service they provide! Quite frankly, I'm trying to figure out how many days a week I can volunteer for lunch services so I too can partake in some of those gourmet fabulous meals! I plan on telling my DC to eat up and as much as possible because at home there will be no fancy meals. I work, have no nanny or Au Pair and don't have the time to do much more than throw something in the oven, steam some veggies and boil some rice on any given day! So yeah, I'm pretty giddy over the fact that my DC is going to have the opportunity to eat some pretty amazing food (from a variety of cultures) on a daily basis; food that I would not otherwise have the opportunity to expose DC too on a regular basis.

If am really lucky, DC will stop saying their favorite meal is chicken nuggets, french fries and ketchup! Hahahaha! Whatever additional cost the lunch and snacks add to the tuition bill, I'm happy to pay without hesitation. I seriously doubt it's preventing the school from providing a top-notch education (oh wait, it is part of the educational experience)...so that fixes that problem. LOL.

If you've allowed this, you already have a problem.

Are you kidding me? Sanctimommy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am amazed by these menus..but in the end I would still likely be packing a pb&J for my child who would not find much preferred selection.

At some schools, like Sidwell, that isn't allowed. Everyone eats the school lunch. That was true back in my day 25+ years ago as well. In those days the meals were served family style and it was supposed to promote egalitarianism and community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am amazed by these menus..but in the end I would still likely be packing a pb&J for my child who would not find much preferred selection.

At some schools, like Sidwell, that isn't allowed. Everyone eats the school lunch. That was true back in my day 25+ years ago as well. In those days the meals were served family style and it was supposed to promote egalitarianism and community.

Besides, you probably couldn't bring a peanut butter sandwich, or a tree nut sandwich, given the sensitivity to allergies.

[Anonymous]

The best private school food we have experienced was at Le Lycee Francais in Los Angeles

There are no "choices"at lunch. You either buy a year of lunches or you bring a year of lunches.

There are chefs on site. Every lunch is a 3 course meal with a menu which changes constantly. There are always salads or fresh fruit, freshly made soups and all the meals are cooked on site.

My son went from wanting only sandwiches for lunch, to becoming seriously adventurous with food.

Since being in LA these past couple years, a lot of his adventurous spirit with food has been lost.

[Anonymous]

Potomac's menu is relatively simple but very-well liked. No truffles included!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child will also be attending Beauvoir next year and I am very impressed with the lunch service they provide! Quite frankly, I'm trying to figure out how many days a week I can volunteer for lunch services so I too can partake in some of those gourmet fabulous meals! I plan on telling my DC to eat up and as much as possible because at home there will be no fancy meals. I work, have no nanny or Au Pair and don't have the time to do much more than throw something in the oven, steam some veggies and boil some rice on any given day! So yeah, I'm pretty giddy over the fact that my DC is going to have the opportunity to eat some pretty amazing food (from a variety of cultures) on a daily basis; food that I would not otherwise have the opportunity to expose DC too on a regular basis.

If am really lucky, DC will stop saying their favorite meal is chicken nuggets, french fries and ketchup! Hahahaha! Whatever additional cost the lunch and snacks add to the tuition bill, I'm happy to pay without hesitation. I seriously doubt it's preventing the school from providing a top-notch education (oh wait, it is part of the educational experience)...so that fixes that problem. LOL.

If you've allowed this, you already have a problem.

This is hilarious. Let me guess...you have either no kids or one kid.

[Anonymous]

Maret uses Ridgewells. My kids rave about lunch there. Seems there's a big variety -- something for everyone. But, a kid can't just eat chips and ice cream sandwiches. I think dessert is only given one day a week at lunch, for example.

[Anonymous]

Beauvoir, NPS, Sheridan and Sidwell all use Meriwether Godsey. Looks like Holton as well, but that's a girl's school.