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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So this is my perception of the issue.

People who want to preserve open lunch in the schools that have it:
-principals
-teachers
-parents
-students
-most nearby food business owners

People who want to end open lunch :
-Brenda Wolff
-Natalie Zimmerman
-Thomas Taylor
-a few local business owners
-a few whiny karens who hate teens but also chose to live right by a high school.

Seems to me that all the people who want to end open lunch are not the actual individuals who participate in open lunch and/or spend time in our school buildings, but want to make decisions for others. [/quote]

Keep dreaming, Deatrice.

There are parents, students and teachers on both sides of the issue.

I know you're crapping bricks because you're about to lose open lunch, but don't make things up just to make yourself feel or look better.[/quote]

Find me one student currently at an open lunch school who wants their school to lose that privilege. [/quote]

There are many kids who don't like the safety issues that come with Open Lunch. You just don't bother to listen to them.[/quote]

I would totally listen to them if they existed but you made them up in your imagination. Just as you made up this new narrative that there are safety issues that exist because of open lunch and that schools with closed lunch are safer in some measurable way. [/quote]
No, I didn't make them up.

Many kids don't like to go out for Open Lunch due to the crowds, fights and bad behaviors that happen during Open Lunch. Some of that is because those kids are more introverted and/or shy and some of that is because their parents warn them about such things. Especially if your child is of an immigrant background.

You are showing your white, liberal bias and the fact that you can't imagine some students preferring closed lunch, even though there are children who eat in the cafeterias in schools with Open Lunch everyday, says more about you than the kids you claim don't exist.[/quote]

Those kids will be much worse off if they close open lunch.  If they are avoiding going out to RTC or Georgetown Square because they are scared of crowds and bad behavior, what do they think will happen when open lunch ends? All those kids will be piled on top of them, making wherever they are currently eating more crowded and rowdy.
One of the reasons my kid likes to get out for lunch is that they are introverted and hate the constant jostling and crowds at the school.  People are always pushing and shoving because it’s so crowded, and the noise volume is overwhelming.  The great thing about open lunch is that it gives kids options, so your kid that doesn’t like it is welcome to eat in the cafeteria and it will be a better experience because it is less crowded.  [/quote]

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