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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're at Bethesda-Chevy Chase, for which MCPS chose not to expand the cafeteria in its previous additions to the building. It's about 8 times too small! BCC has had open lunch for decades (as in, alumni parents of current students also had open lunch), because of the convenience of downtown restaurants.

The rest of the building is quite small as well, so if everyone were to stay inside, it would get quite crowded and noisy.

The school has clubs and make-up tests during lunch, but a lot of students come and go, or just spend the entire break getting fresh air, unless the weather is awful. The restaurants and shops are glad to have the business, and in recent years there have been no significant behavioral concerns at lunchtime.

The only upside of switching to closed lunch would be to protect against a potential school shooter, honestly. Otherwise it's all downside for us.

I am strongly in favor of keeping the current policy that lets Principals choose whether to open or close lunch.[/quote]

Of course there are behavioral issues. [/quote]

PP you replied to. I can assure you that for businesses, the pros outweigh the cons! I had an older child at Walter Johnson, where the kids go to the Wildwood shopping center, and the businesses did complain there, after a fight broke out Amon the younger students and chairs were thrown. The Principal responded by threatening to close lunch for 9th and 10th graders, or maybe did close lunch briefly for those grades. My son was a senior when this happened, so we didn't pay much attention.

If there is a serious incident, believe me, shops don't hesitate to call the schools. They want students to be scared straight, and come back to spend money.

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Not at Blair. Students were banned from the stores and lunch was closed.[/quote]

NP. I don't have a kid at Blair, but I do live near there and it definitely doesn't feel closed.[/quote]

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