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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent of a kid considering applying to these schools it blows my mind that a school claiming to be focused on equality and social justice has multiple families talking about eating out and door dashing daily. Our full -pay family could not afford that and I would think that type of behavior creates disparity among students. Rich kids door dashing or going to Whole Foods and the other half unpacking their turkey sandwiches from home? That is pretty tone deaf at best.[/quote]

+1 They should institute a dress code that requires everyone to wear the same clothes and shoes too. Kids rolling up to school in their limited edition $500 Nikes while the middle class full pay families have to rough it with their off the shelf tennis shoes is also tone deaf.

Kids should also be required to be dropped off at least 3 blocks away from school on a staggered schedule lest classmates see others with fancier and more expensive cars. Would it be too much to require Uber for all to make pick up and drop off more equitable?

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This is a false comparison. Lunch effects the time these students spend together, where they go, who they are with, and what they are doing.[/quote]

This. Parents and children will always use material goods to position themselves socially just like social clubs and vacation destinations will create in groups/out groups. That said, [b]if you can’t interact with certain peers at lunch because they are eating elsewhere or off buying food[/b] that will limit your ability to bond with and get close to those people. It creates a more fractured environment at lunch and I imagine it’s particularly challenging for kids who are not in the mix as much socially, who may just find it easier to eat lunch alone than to try to find people to eat lunch with. [/quote]

So GDS prohibits kids who bring their lunch to school from going off-campus with their friends and eating their bagged lunch wherever their friends decide to buy theirs? That's crazy
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Gds does not prohibit anything.

If you are having some social trouble, there is no forced proximity at the lunch table, the way it would happen if the school had a cafeteria, and yes, you might struggle finding someone to have lunch with.[/quote]

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