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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lunch shifts starting at 7:45AM???[/quote]

My kid's ES takes 3 hours for 600 kids to get through all their lunch shifts. Unless HS have to force students to stay in the cafeteria, multiple lunch shifts will not work and it is not a good idea for the students at all. So many students see me for help, make up work, etc. Some just hang in my classroom because it is not chaotic. But I teach multplie.grade levels, which means I will have class during some lunch shifts if they change the one lunch block. Since the BOE is never in a school, I fully expect them to pass it.
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In hs they don’t eat in the cafeteria.  Big difference.  This is just to distract from other stuff going on.  I think it’s a safety issue. [/quote]

Yep. I teach in a high school. Guess that wasn't clear in my response. I see first hand how it would negatively impact HS students. It's also unrealistic to have multiple lunch shifts for high schools based on how long it would take to get that many HS students through lunch  shifts.[/quote]

There are schools around the country that have been doing this for decades. I went to a HS with over 3,000 kids in VA with multiple lunches. The issue in mCPS is the  teacher union. Teachers get a 30 min duty free lunch but are then expected to sponsor a club, host office hours/open studio and tutor kids with the other 20 min for free[/quote]

Single lunch has allowed our school to give kids a ton of curriculum choice, allowing freshman to take classes with seniors.  I will really stink to lose that flexibility especially for advanced kids that want to be able to take APs as freshman and sophomore, or for kids who take less popular courses where there might not be multiple sections offered.  
People are talking about this just as a quality of life issue — which it is — but it’s yet another way that MCPS is taking away options for advanced learners.  [/quote]

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