We don't have school lunches here! There's a tuck shop (aka 'canteen') - the kids take lunch money, buy what they want...
We used to have a system where the kids handed in lunch orders written on paper bags (usually written by parents) and a lunch monitor went and picked up a box with all the lunches in it. Not any more, too much trouble or something - which means kids are free to graze on muffins and chip snacks at will, rather than being delivered a salad roll or sandwich.
I'd love it if my daughter could get a cooked meal in winter, as long it was real food and not fatty greasy stuff.
Anyways, OT - not a great way to get attention to an issue, but effective I suppose.. I don't understand parents who can't afford school lunches, though, even on a limited income. I'm on a fixed income, and my daughter gets a certain amount for her sandwich, drink and snack every day. I budget it in to my weekly expenses. It'd be awesome if the school would pay for her lunch, but since it doesn't -- I budget the food money in, the end.
So how do parents who are working and with a decent wage NOT pay for the kids' lunches and expect the school to cover it? I bet most don't think twice about spending on a night out or take away once a week, or a trip to the movies...
eta: I don't make her lunch anymore, as these days she has a bugaboo about "old" food that's been in her school bag all morning.. and the sammiches just come home uneaten.
We used to have a system where the kids handed in lunch orders written on paper bags (usually written by parents) and a lunch monitor went and picked up a box with all the lunches in it. Not any more, too much trouble or something - which means kids are free to graze on muffins and chip snacks at will, rather than being delivered a salad roll or sandwich.
I'd love it if my daughter could get a cooked meal in winter, as long it was real food and not fatty greasy stuff.
Anyways, OT - not a great way to get attention to an issue, but effective I suppose.. I don't understand parents who can't afford school lunches, though, even on a limited income. I'm on a fixed income, and my daughter gets a certain amount for her sandwich, drink and snack every day. I budget it in to my weekly expenses. It'd be awesome if the school would pay for her lunch, but since it doesn't -- I budget the food money in, the end.
So how do parents who are working and with a decent wage NOT pay for the kids' lunches and expect the school to cover it? I bet most don't think twice about spending on a night out or take away once a week, or a trip to the movies...
eta: I don't make her lunch anymore, as these days she has a bugaboo about "old" food that's been in her school bag all morning.. and the sammiches just come home uneaten.