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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our school, there have been particular classes that have had assigned seats, but at the teacher's discretion, and after there have been problems at lunch.   This does not even happen every year, as far as I know.   We have used other methods to address noise issues...developed by the counselor, I think.  [/quote]
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At the end of last year they also instituted "Isolation Island" -- if you were talking too loudly or not sitting in your seat, you could get sent to the back of the caf. where they had six desks set up with dividers between each desk.  Basically, you had to eat lunch by yourself.  My kid got sent there a couple of times.  I don't think he's been sent there this year.

I don't think kids just "converse" about their day and their weekend plans all that much.  Most of the talking is probably not useful, it's just attention-getting and it's TERRIBLY loud in the caf.  So, while it sounds prison-like to ban talking, I can see how it actually might help kids EAT their lunch.  I know of a private school in Bowie that bans talking at lunch.[/quote]

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