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[quote=Anonymous]how is lunch organized at the school?  do kids sit where they want or are they assigned tables?

I ask because my son is in 6th at a new school, and I am really pleased that the school assigns tables. I didn't really understand at first, but now I see the reasoning. in the beginning of the year they sit just with their homeroom (to bond with their homeroom) and as the year goes on they sit with their homeroom tables 3x a week, and sit with a different "scrambled" table 2 days a week. every so often the scrambled table changes to a whole new group. basically, the social circles are widening in a controlled way. it's such a great thing for my son because he's getting to know all the kids in his grade a little at a time and he's not just sitting with his "crew" every day (which is what he'd do if left to his own choosing).

I know you can't get a school to change the way they do lunch but I just thought I'd offer an example of  way that some schools add structure to the social scene at lunch. for the middle grades, especially 6th, this seems important.

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