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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
  - thank you. suppose you wanted to send your child with food from home?
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    05.27.09, 02:19 PM Flag
    - 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
      - i just asked. what do you care?
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        05.27.09, 02:32 PM Flag
        
        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
    - No food from home at my dc's school.
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      05.27.09, 02:34 PM Flag
      - is that for allergies? in all grades or just the lower?
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        05.27.09, 02:38 PM Flag
        
        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
        
        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
  - really? They won't allow you to pack a lunch? That's crazy.
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    05.27.09, 03:05 PM Flag
    - 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
- 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
  - 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
    - 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
      - 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
        
        Huh?
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        05.27.09, 02:36 PM Flag
        
        exactly. maybe i want to make pasteles or pemi.
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        05.27.09, 02:37 PM Flag
        
        you are a freak and should be homeschooling
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        05.28.09, 06:02 AM Flag
        
        because we don't eat the same food you do?
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        05.28.09, 10:18 AM Flag
        
        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
        
        not to me. but thanks
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        05.27.09, 02:39 PM Flag
        
        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
        
        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
        
        You're not eating lunch - you DC is.
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        05.27.09, 08:39 PM Flag
        
        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
        
        Hello mom at my dc's school -- what grade?
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        05.28.09, 10:17 AM Flag
      - 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
        
        now you're just joking.
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        05.27.09, 02:40 PM Flag
        
        np She's not.
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        05.27.09, 02:41 PM Flag
        
        Ross?
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        05.27.09, 03:11 PM Flag
        
        do they test it for mercury?
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        05.27.09, 08:37 PM Flag
        
        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
        
        whatever-then keep your kid in a bubble and home school
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        05.28.09, 06:04 AM Flag
    - 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
- 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
- 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
  - included-
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    05.28.09, 06:03 AM Flag
- omg, I had no idea the tuition included lunch. how plush.
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  05.28.09, 06:23 AM Flag
- 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

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

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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).