Lunch at Deal

[Anonymous]

Do most kids buy school lunch or bring lunch from home? How’s the school lunch?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

My son always brings lunch. He says the lines are quite long. He also says the food doesn’t look appealing, but he’s never eaten it. Deal offers free breakfast in the morning and he usually eats there if he gets there early enough.

[Anonymous]

My kids always bring lunch.

[Anonymous]

I have heard the same thing about the long lines from DD, she always brings lunch.

[Anonymous]

Bring lunch - line too long. There are also not enough places to sit - and when they put the latest round of demountables out - they cut down the outdoor space significantly.

Your child needs to find a place to sit quickly or they will be eating in the bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Yikes. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Deal teacher here: I ate school lunch as a child, but would bring my lunch if I were a student at Deal. The lines are atrocious, and there aren't enough seats.

[Anonymous]

My kids and all their friends bring their lunches.
If your kid doesn't, they will eat standing up.
There aren't enough seats.

[Anonymous]

This set up really puts low income students at a disadvantage. Sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This set up really puts low income students at a disadvantage. Sad.

Let me fix that ..... This set up really puts low income students at more of a disadvantage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This set up really puts low income students at a disadvantage. Sad.

Let me fix that ..... This set up really puts low income students at more of a disadvantage

Overcrowding Deal puts ALL kids at a disadvantage. Overcrowded lunch rooms. Overcrowded classrooms and hallways and not enough spots on sports teams and clubs. Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This set up really puts low income students at a disadvantage. Sad.

Let me fix that ..... This set up really puts low income students at more of a disadvantage

Overcrowding Deal puts ALL kids at a disadvantage. Overcrowded lunch rooms. Overcrowded classrooms and hallways and not enough spots on sports teams and clubs. Ridiculous.

What clubs have "cuts"? My child has never told me they can't participate in a club b/c it is full.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This set up really puts low income students at a disadvantage. Sad.

It's because the school is freaking bursting at the seams.
The same reason it's impossible to get a spot on a sports team or a role in the musical or any of the other myriad of other ways having a packed school affects kids.

If you have packed a building to the point of bursting not every kid is going to get to sit at lunch.

Actions (in this case running a mega-sized middle school) have consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This set up really puts low income students at a disadvantage. Sad.

Let me fix that ..... This set up really puts low income students at more of a disadvantage

Overcrowding Deal puts ALL kids at a disadvantage. Overcrowded lunch rooms. Overcrowded classrooms and hallways and not enough spots on sports teams and clubs. Ridiculous.

What clubs have "cuts"? My child has never told me they can't participate in a club b/c it is full.

Your child must not play a sport or theatre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This set up really puts low income students at a disadvantage. Sad.

It's because the school is freaking bursting at the seams.
The same reason it's impossible to get a spot on a sports team or a role in the musical or any of the other myriad of other ways having a packed school affects kids.

If you have packed a building to the point of bursting not every kid is going to get to sit at lunch.

Actions (in this case running a mega-sized middle school) have consequences.

They can easily add more tables outside for kids that bring their lunch to work with what they have.