Anonymous wrote:Julie Yang is fighting on behalf of Bethesda moms to delay the decision on suspending or eliminating the Open Lunch policy really hard, citing the need for meaningful community engagement, which she does not believe can be done over the summer.

That's rich coming from her and this board!

MCPS could just cater the W school lunches. Make it like a wedding, bring in tables, chairs, linens, etc.

Anonymous wrote:Brenda is not letting up. She's moving the Open Lunch policy discussion to the full board, against Julie's objections.

The SMOB is the one to second, which is odd, since I imagine there's a meaningful portion of the student body that wants to keep the Open Lunch policy.

Why didn't they have Natalie Zimmerman second?

Because the two of them are bullies.

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Anonymous wrote:Guessing that Woodward won’t have open lunch so they see this as an opportunity to end it.

Not everything is strictly about the w schools. It’s a safety and liability issue. How much are your kids spending? Eating out daily is $$

My kids bought lunch once a week over at G Square and packed their lunch the other days. Slice of pizza at Flippin isn’t that much.

Or they just bought something at Giant.

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That's $50 a week, $200 a month, so yes, its expensive.

If your students care about this, they should contact SMOB asap as next vote is 5/20

Anonymous wrote:Brenda is not letting up. She's moving the Open Lunch policy discussion to the full board, against Julie's objections.

The SMOB is the one to second, which is odd, since I imagine there's a meaningful portion of the student body that wants to keep the Open Lunch policy.

Why didn't they have Natalie Zimmerman second?

This year’s SMOB has been terrible.

Brenda, Natalie and Anuva all voted to move the discussion on the future of the Open Lunch policy at the next Board Business meeting in May.

Will be interesting what happens there.

Brenda is not letting up. She's moving the Open Lunch policy discussion to the full board, against Julie's objections.

The SMOB is the one to second, which is odd, since I imagine there's a meaningful portion of the student body that wants to keep the Open Lunch policy.

Why didn't they have Natalie Zimmerman second?

Julie Yang is fighting on behalf of Bethesda moms to delay the decision on suspending or eliminating the Open Lunch policy really hard, citing the need for meaningful community engagement, which she does not believe can be done over the summer.

That's rich coming from her and this board!

Oh my. This is embarrassing.

Brenda Wolff confused Woodmoor, the Silver Spring neighborhood across Blair HS, with Woodmont, the neighborhood in Bethesda.

She also didn't realize Blair HS has a closed lunch policy because she sees so many kids at the restaurants in the Woodmoor shopping center during the lunch hour...

It really seems that Open Lunch's days in MCPS are numbered.

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Anonymous wrote:Guessing that Woodward won’t have open lunch so they see this as an opportunity to end it.

Not everything is strictly about the w schools. It’s a safety and liability issue. How much are your kids spending? Eating out daily is $$

My kids bought lunch once a week over at G Square and packed their lunch the other days. Slice of pizza at Flippin isn’t that much.

Or they just bought something at Giant.

<$10

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Anonymous wrote:Guessing that Woodward won’t have open lunch so they see this as an opportunity to end it.

Not everything is strictly about the w schools. It’s a safety and liability issue. How much are your kids spending? Eating out daily is $$

My kids bought lunch once a week over at G Square and packed their lunch the other days. Slice of pizza at Flippin isn’t that much.

Or they just bought something at Giant.

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Anonymous wrote:Guessing that Woodward won’t have open lunch so they see this as an opportunity to end it.

Not everything is strictly about the w schools. It’s a safety and liability issue. How much are your kids spending? Eating out daily is $$

My kids bought lunch once a week over at G Square and packed their lunch the other days. Slice of pizza at Flippin isn’t that much.

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Anonymous wrote:Another Blair parent here. Open lunch has worked out fine.

The most surprising thing about this thread is how many parents want their kids to buy lunch! It adds up. I don’t even buy lunch for myself at work.

I meant closed lunch!

Have you ever been near Blair at lunch time. It's not really so closed.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not just space, my WJ kid told me they run out of food and he sometimes he has to eat a PB&J sandwich because that’s all they have left. If he didn’t have the option to go next door, he would go hungry.

I mean you have the option to pack him a lunch as well. Don't act as if McDonalds is the only ones capable of feeding your child.

But, why should they have to pack meals from home because the school runs out of food and they've decided no open lunch?

Another reason my kid will be super happy to be done with MCPS.

-RM parent, where they have open lunch.

Anonymous wrote:Guessing that Woodward won’t have open lunch so they see this as an opportunity to end it.

Not everything is strictly about the w schools. It’s a safety and liability issue. How much are your kids spending? Eating out daily is $$