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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not normally alarmist but I’m pretty alarmed.  The regional HS model seems poorly thought through; eliminated compacted math and ELA seems like a terrible decision; and now this [b]open lunch elimination that will destroy clubs at many HS and make it really hard for HS kids to take advanced classes[/b].  All of this is being pushed through so quickly with no real study or discussion and they are all radical changes.  It’s like they are dismantling the entire system.

I am really dumbfounded at how bad Taylor is, and really astounded at the Board.  I’m now really regretting not pushing my youngest to go to a private HS because at this point I’m not sure the system will still be viable in 2-3 years.  It just seems like they are affirmatively trying to ruin it.  And it’s not even a money issue — many of these changes will cost more money to implement.  [/quote]

How does eliminating open lunch destroy clubs and make it hard for HS kids to take advanced classes? Not everyone knows what you are talking about.[/quote]

I am also confused by this. My child attends HS at a "closed" campus, and clubs meet at lunch, which is perfect. I have no idea why getting rid of open lunch would harm clubs, and in fact think it is probably the opposite because everyone is "free" at the same time and on campus. [/quote]

The schools that have open lunch are generally so large that it is not feasible to have one lunch for all students if lunch is closed.  As a result, they will need to shift to multiple lunch periods which will destroy our vibrant system of student clubs, as well as making it much harder for students to take classes that are advanced or otherwise mixed-grade classes.  Our HS has been doing open lunch for decades and it has served us well.  No one at the HS wants this change and it will make things much, much more difficult for our students and teachers.  If you are in one of these schools, you understand the issue.  I suspect most board members have no kids in these schools and probably haven’t even set foot in them at lunch time.  It’s so frustrating.  [/quote]

That’s not what happens.  Lunch will still be at the same time for everyone, students just won’t be able to leave campus.  The can eat in the cafeteria, halls, courtyard, teacher classes, library spaces, etc.  Plenty of schools in the district have closed lunch currently. And yes, most of them also cannot fit everyone into the cafeteria and are over crowded.[/quote]

That's Blair, with 3,200 students and closed lunch. Although, plenty of students leave campus, for Chipotle and other lunch places, across the street. The school took out lockers the students weren't using to make more room for students at lunch.[/quote]

So Blair has a theoretically closed lunch but really it's open? [/quote]

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