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The public school lunch post made me think - can you bring lunch to private?
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05.27.09, 01:51 PM [ Flag ]
- Depends on school. Not at ours.
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  05.27.09, 02:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - thank you. suppose you wanted to send your child with food from home?
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    05.27.09, 02:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Why would you want to do that? You're paying 35k a year, for goodness sake--why not save yourself the hassle of making lunch?!
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      05.27.09, 02:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - i just asked. what do you care?
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        05.27.09, 02:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Go for it, then. Just know that your dc will likely be the only one in his/her class sitting there with a lunch box.
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        05.27.09, 02:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - No food from home at my dc's school.
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      05.27.09, 02:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - is that for allergies? in all grades or just the lower?
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        05.27.09, 02:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        All grades--preK-8. I think it's about more than allergies. They don't want kids bringing food into school period.
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        05.27.09, 03:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        what if the child is a really picky eater and would not want to eat anything at school? sucks for them?
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        05.28.09, 05:18 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - really? They won't allow you to pack a lunch? That's crazy.
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    05.27.09, 03:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - If you think it's crazy, it's obviously not a school for you.
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      05.27.09, 03:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Why would you do that? At our private, the kids have several choices. And there are always bagels and such for the picky eaters.
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  05.27.09, 02:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - for the same reason that i send food to the public, and i'm sure they don't have all kinds of food on the menu.
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    05.27.09, 02:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Our private has great food. What do you mean by "all kinds of food"?
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      05.27.09, 02:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - oh please. let me know when they start making oxtail and rice and peas.
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        05.27.09, 02:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Huh?
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        05.27.09, 02:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        exactly. maybe i want to make pasteles or pemi.
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        05.27.09, 02:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        you are a freak and should be homeschooling
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        05.28.09, 06:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        because we don't eat the same food you do?
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        05.28.09, 10:18 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Today at my dc's private, the lower school kids had a cold lunch: chilled pea and yogurt soup or cantaloup and citrus soup; chix or shrimp caesar salad; Asian beef noodle salad. Sounds good to me.
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        05.27.09, 02:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        not to me. but thanks
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        05.27.09, 02:39 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Why? Point is, there's something different everyday--and it's not all grilled cheese, fries, burgers and grease.
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        05.27.09, 02:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        good for them. just not my kind of food, nothing wrong with liking your own food.
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        05.27.09, 02:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        You're not eating lunch - you DC is.
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        05.27.09, 08:39 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        and what kid in her right mind would eat that? chilled pea and yogurt soup?
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        05.28.09, 05:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Hello mom at my dc's school -- what grade?
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        05.28.09, 10:17 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - np:100% organic fruits and veggie, antibiotic free meats and poultry, fish that isn't overfished and doesn't contain a lot of mercury, a variety of ethnic foods. Basically, what I serve at home.
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        05.27.09, 02:39 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        now you're just joking.
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        05.27.09, 02:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        np She's not.
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        05.27.09, 02:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Ross?
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        05.27.09, 03:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        do they test it for mercury?
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        05.27.09, 08:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        It is the same at my house too. 100% organic, no antibiotics, no mercury. These particular chemicals are not good for brain development and have negative effects on reproductive organs later in life.
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        05.28.09, 06:00 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        whatever-then keep your kid in a bubble and home school
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        05.28.09, 06:04 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - I have a friend who is chef at one of the more hoity-toity privates. Those kids eat really well.
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      05.27.09, 02:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- our doesn't allow it. But the lunch menu is varied and pretty healthy. Organic when they can. Lots of healthy choices. Very little junk.
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  05.27.09, 08:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Does that mean lunch is included in the tuition? Or do you have to pay extra?
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  05.28.09, 05:36 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - included-
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    05.28.09, 06:03 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- omg, I had no idea the tuition included lunch. how plush.
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  05.28.09, 06:23 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- We have to - there is no lunchroom - and it has to be kosher and nut-free (Heschel).
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  05.28.09, 06:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

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The public school lunch post made me think - can you bring lunch to private?

Depends on school. Not at ours.

thank you. suppose you wanted to send your child with food from home?

Why would you want to do that? You're paying 35k a year, for goodness sake--why not save yourself the hassle of making lunch?!

i just asked. what do you care?

Go for it, then. Just know that your dc will likely be the only one in his/her class sitting there with a lunch box.

No food from home at my dc's school.

is that for allergies? in all grades or just the lower?

All grades--preK-8. I think it's about more than allergies. They don't want kids bringing food into school period.

what if the child is a really picky eater and would not want to eat anything at school? sucks for them?

really? They won't allow you to pack a lunch? That's crazy.

If you think it's crazy, it's obviously not a school for you.

Why would you do that? At our private, the kids have several choices. And there are always bagels and such for the picky eaters.

for the same reason that i send food to the public, and i'm sure they don't have all kinds of food on the menu.

Our private has great food. What do you mean by "all kinds of food"?

oh please. let me know when they start making oxtail and rice and peas.

Huh?

exactly. maybe i want to make pasteles or pemi.

you are a freak and should be homeschooling

because we don't eat the same food you do?

Today at my dc's private, the lower school kids had a cold lunch: chilled pea and yogurt soup or cantaloup and citrus soup; chix or shrimp caesar salad; Asian beef noodle salad. Sounds good to me.

not to me. but thanks

Why? Point is, there's something different everyday--and it's not all grilled cheese, fries, burgers and grease.

good for them. just not my kind of food, nothing wrong with liking your own food.

You're not eating lunch - you DC is.

and what kid in her right mind would eat that? chilled pea and yogurt soup?

Hello mom at my dc's school -- what grade?

np:100% organic fruits and veggie, antibiotic free meats and poultry, fish that isn't overfished and doesn't contain a lot of mercury, a variety of ethnic foods. Basically, what I serve at home.

now you're just joking.

np She's not.

Ross?

do they test it for mercury?

It is the same at my house too. 100% organic, no antibiotics, no mercury. These particular chemicals are not good for brain development and have negative effects on reproductive organs later in life.

whatever-then keep your kid in a bubble and home school

I have a friend who is chef at one of the more hoity-toity privates. Those kids eat really well.

our doesn't allow it. But the lunch menu is varied and pretty healthy. Organic when they can. Lots of healthy choices. Very little junk.

Does that mean lunch is included in the tuition? Or do you have to pay extra?

included-

omg, I had no idea the tuition included lunch. how plush.

We have to - there is no lunchroom - and it has to be kosher and nut-free (Heschel).

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