tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post3830783990204826210..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Big Brother in the Cafeteria?Happy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-40108083551356883882010-09-19T15:35:23.143-05:002010-09-19T15:35:23.143-05:00from M by email:
This is just unbelieveable to me...from M by email:<br /><br />This is just unbelieveable to me! No child should be allowed to charge things (even food) without his parents' knowledge if his parents have to pay for it! As you said, what if the parents don't have the money to pay for it? Also, I pack lunches for my daughter, and if they aren't to her and the other kids' liking (pizza or chips) she tells me she throws it away and begs food from other kids. She refuses to eat healthy foods at home, too.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-27698778587934019652010-09-14T20:17:10.626-05:002010-09-14T20:17:10.626-05:00What a disaster! My son is in 2nd grade and they ...What a disaster! My son is in 2nd grade and they have to say whether they packed or are buying when they arrive each morning. Since my son wouldn't eat anything they serve, it hasn't been an issue with us.<br /><br />Just curious, can't you come up with an IEP goal with supports until he masters it that would provide the oversight from another direction?Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681523260739807543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-87681512670104597462010-09-13T12:53:04.987-05:002010-09-13T12:53:04.987-05:00Check your email, Mrs. C
And yeah, the lunch syst...Check your email, Mrs. C<br /><br />And yeah, the lunch system is ridiculous. Seems ironic given that the system is always telling us they know beter than we do what's best for our kids.<br /><br />Didn't they hear the first lady is waging war againxt childhood obesity?<br /><br />As for the parents getting the bill, one has to wonder that they didn't contact you long before the bill was over $20, let alone $50 or $75.<br /><br />The silliness is mind-boggling!Elspeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/17495546895657214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-89081632187175876142010-09-13T12:09:26.986-05:002010-09-13T12:09:26.986-05:00Oh dear. Not good. It is wrong. I hope somehow you...Oh dear. Not good. It is wrong. I hope somehow you can get through to them on some sort of level???Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-47820782064841703182010-09-13T02:48:53.032-05:002010-09-13T02:48:53.032-05:00They need to switch to Japanese style. The kids e...They need to switch to Japanese style. The kids eat in the classroom, they all get the same delicious, nutritionally balanced food, and the kids help serve it and clean up after. Good grief. And, what ever happened to the good old fashioned way of pay up front or get nothing? I think it's all a scam devised by the credit card companies - teach them the "just charge it" mentality in school while their still using mom and dad's money!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508033779758406137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-54342670839556760612010-09-12T22:25:43.120-05:002010-09-12T22:25:43.120-05:00Deb, they hold the diploma and refuse to transfer ...Deb, they hold the diploma and refuse to transfer records if you do that. Great way to hold your kid hostage.<br /><br />Ganeida, they are very adamant about certain rooms being peanut-free, but honestly, they couldn't care less about the health of those children. Peanuts are super cheap here (I don't think they have peanuts growing there, or peanut butter, even... I could be wrong, but it's expensive, true?) and they'd rather serve up a lunch that costs them 60 cents than 1.90 if they're charging $2.30 or $2.95 (depending on school) for it.<br /><br />Harry! That's incredible!! And there were no phone calls, no warnings?? ARG!<br /><br />Julie, the kids KNOW they have free reign too. The thing is, the schools make a lot of money by stating this is a parent responsibility thing. Yep.<br /><br />Ro, the government here makes it impossible for schools NOT to have these cafeterias. They mandate that if a certain percentage of children qualify for free lunch, that they can't just not have a cafeteria. <br /><br />It's maddening.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-65494148724541587462010-09-12T19:55:29.937-05:002010-09-12T19:55:29.937-05:00Wow, what a cock-eyed system!
I know here in Oz th...Wow, what a cock-eyed system!<br />I know here in Oz the teachers watch and comment on kids packed lunches but we only have tuckshops here, where lunch orders have to be paid in full before school or the kid misses out altogether.Rohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864094753113341376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-34726814712053979052010-09-12T17:04:16.793-05:002010-09-12T17:04:16.793-05:00Went round and round with the elementary school ca...Went round and round with the elementary school cafeteria lady when my oldest was in school. I was a single mom then. I dropped her off at daycare early; I paid the day care mom to feed her breakfast. But, she couldn't go in to the cafeteria and talk to her friends in the morning unless she paid for a meal. So, she did -- chatted -- and threw it out. At the beginning of each month I sent a check to the school that would cover her lunch fees for that month. I got a note saying I owed the school over $100. The school planned on feeding her peanut butter sandwiches and a milk at lunch until I paid up. Oh, and they wouldn't give me her report card. <br /><br />So, the nice lunch lady could tell me how often she was paying for a meal... what was being served but she couldn't make an annotation anywhere in the system that I was no way, no how paying for her to throw out a breakfast at school so that she could chat with a friend. Their answer? I was supposed to fill out a form for free and reduced lunches. Uh, I was making over $70,000/year and supporting just her and I. I could afford to pay for her to throw out her breakfast... I just thought it was teaching her poor spending habits.<br /><br />Couldn't believe a child was given free reign of her meal account that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-83248798147879802812010-09-12T16:11:06.622-05:002010-09-12T16:11:06.622-05:00A couple times a year at my school all of the teac...A couple times a year at my school all of the teachers are given each student's account for them to take home to their parents. Some of the parents are told they owe hundreds of dollars for lunches their kids bought. But a lot of these kids bring their lunches.<br /><br />And of course, every child is entitled to a free lunch and a free breakfast. As soon as dinner becomes an entitlement, my kids can live at school. I will send sleeping bags and a change of clothes.<br /><br />Parenthood is so outmoded.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586139365230028783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-70521195641099827872010-09-12T15:51:40.614-05:002010-09-12T15:51:40.614-05:00I just have a really weird & totally irrelevan...I just have a really weird & totally irrelevant question. Why peanut butter sandwiches when peanuts in those with allegies can cause death? Why wouldn't they choose a safer alternative? Sorry, not American, no idea how your system works, but PB is banned out here along with *nut snacks* to just hand out randomly because of the allergy thing.Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-76670897786876439562010-09-12T11:42:31.937-05:002010-09-12T11:42:31.937-05:00What would happen if you got all this in writing -...What would happen if you got all this in writing - that he was no longer authorized to charge meals, and then just didn't pay it? Ever? <br /><br />Ah well, that's the sort of thing I would fantasize about, then realize it is not really plausible because if they decide to, they could put a black mark on your Permanent Record (credit report), and that's not worth $75 of pizza.<br /><br />So yeah. I got nothing'.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766716788178729762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-33595520561238242602010-09-12T11:25:55.952-05:002010-09-12T11:25:55.952-05:00Ahhh... I don't think they're "given&...Ahhh... I don't think they're "given" it at all. Bet you Mom IS on the hook for the bill, but at least this way, it doesn't reward the child with super-yum pizza, french toast and ice cream.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-10195660462654852922010-09-12T11:22:21.707-05:002010-09-12T11:22:21.707-05:00What a ridiculous system! What child would choose ...What a ridiculous system! What child would choose to eat a pre-packed healthy lunch if they can swipe a card and eat pizza and ice cream everyday??? And how can the district allow this?? Where is the parents input?? Things like this truly disgust me. These are children, and children do not make good choices, this is why they aren't allowed to drive at age 12, or drink alcohol at 7, or have a credit card at 14. So, give them a card for 'free' (seemingly) goodies and see if they can resist the temptation? How foolish.<br /><br />As much as I despise the knuckle draggers in my district, I have to give them credit in this arena. For lunch programs, each child is sent a monthly menu and the parents circles the days the child will be buying and attach the appropriate amount to the menu and send it back. The menus are issued two weeks in advance, so you have two weeks to pay for that month. If the menu isn't returned with the money, or a blank menu with no circled foods...the lunch ladies call and clarify with the parent how the child is eating that month. If a child forgets lunch, they are given pbj and an apple, milk and a cookie....no other choices.Blondeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827536147609261504noreply@blogger.com