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Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

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Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

Our “classist” Bethesda school (WJ) has 3k students in a bldg built for 2k. Until Woodward opens, it would be a safety hazard for our school to have closed lunch right now.

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Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

Our “classist” Bethesda school (WJ) has 3k students in a bldg built for 2k. Until Woodward opens, it would be a safety hazard for our school to have closed lunch right now.

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Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

It further reinforces the classism in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda parents win again. The outdated policy stays and we can look forward to more thefts, fights and shootouts in school parking lots, nearby shopping centers and neighborhoods.

Or maybe most of the kids are actually decent humans?

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Oops I'm bad at posting images. Essentially, an elderly woman from the community posted on NextDoor that she fell at the Wildwood shopping center yesterday during WJ lunch, and several kids leaped into action to help her.

Here is the link https://nextdoor.com/p/YkYcrMCwLRRb?utm_source=share&extras=MTg3NjM3&utm_campaign=1779402883788&share_action_id=180878be-ee27-47a6-8921-fe62a682cb9c

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Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Can you explain why it’s ridiculous? How does one school’s open/closed lunch affect other schools? Are there resources taken away from a school with closed lunch so another school can have open lunch?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda parents win again. The outdated policy stays and we can look forward to more thefts, fights and shootouts in school parking lots, nearby shopping centers and neighborhoods.

Or maybe most of the kids are actually decent humans?

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda parents win again. The outdated policy stays and we can look forward to more thefts, fights and shootouts in school parking lots, nearby shopping centers and neighborhoods.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.

No, the PP is right. It should be open for all schools or closed with multiple periods to address crowding. Letting principals decide is ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in another country, all of us students carried our lunch in bento boxes our moms packed for us, and we ate at our desk in the classroom.

Why can't school kids do the same here. Those who get their lunch boxes need to sit in the classroom and eat there. The rest who buy lunch can go in the cafeteria. Or bring their own bento boxes, buy food and take it to their classrooms.

Or rotate the lunch period.

How terribly are these schools run.

Why are we changing something that isn’t broken?

9/11 local businesses surrounding schools with open lunch said that they experience no issues with student conduct and that they appreciate the business students bring.

If you want your kids to attend a school with closed lunch, send them there instead of forcing others to adopt your policy for 0 reason.

For one of the most educated counties in this country, so many posters on this site are dense in the head.

Something that’s not broken? My kids school is closed lunch, ONE period and they can’t even go outside. It’s not broken for YOU. It should be the same across the board.

You realize that if they had voted to rescind the current policy, the “same across the board” would have been closed lunch for everyone, right? If you want your kids’ school to have open lunch, mobilize your community to petition the principal to allow for open lunch. Lucky for you, that’s still an option after tonight’s votes.