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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Open campus lunch has worked for decades in many Montgomery County, Arlington, and DC public schools. It started in the late 60s and early 70s as students gained more freedom from then overbearing school administrations. MCPS, APS, and DCPS kept the open campus lunch policies in place because they worked so well over the years. Local businesses also benefited from the lunchtime rush. Student clubs, extracurriculars, and other activities are scheduled in coordination with the lunch periods. Also, notably, the public high schools with open lunches are within walking distance of homes, fast food joints, and businesses. The campuses also tend to be urban: B-CC, Walter Johnson, the former Blair, Jackson-Reed (Wilson), H-B Woodlawn, W-L, Yorktown, etc. Seniors in APS have open campus driving privileges. [/quote]

I understand that.  But why do other schools say they can NOT leave campus for security reasons, they can't have food delivered, and they need to stay indoors.  But yet, those same schools also have small cafeterias and thousands of kids that need to eat at the same time.  If no one brought food from home or even 35% of the kids are on FARMS, there is no way you are feeding all of those kids in under 50min [/quote]

It’s probably the admin’s lack of interest at the schools that don’t have open campus. They don’t want to have to deal with students leaving the cafeteria at lunch. Security is the excuse. If parents and students push for open campus in terms of parity with other MCPS schools, then it may happen. But it will take a lot of effort. (FCPS high schools keep all of their students indoors in cramped cafeterias at lunch. Seniors in some cases have the privilege of using enclosed courtyards. So MCPS schools have it better than FCPS.) [/quote]

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