Should a teacher be allowed to take a childs lunch?  |
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 I ask this question because one year when my older children were in school, one of the teachers took my daughters lunch because she didn't like what I had packed . I had bought a gator aid for her to drink as a special treat after she had did something good at home and the teacher took it from her leaving her nothing to drink for the day . She did not think it was an appropriate drink for her and there were other times my children would come home and complain that the teacher would take some part of there lunch because they didn't feel it was a good choice on my part to pack . The time that got me was when I packed a treat for one of my children and the teacher not only took it but then ate it in front of my child!!
I always pack a healthy lunch for my children to take to school but even if I didn't, I don't feel the teacher has a right to take a lunch that was packed for the child leaving the child nothing to eat, as I saw this happen the one year I worked in the school . They would say that it was too bad for the child as the parents should have taken better care in packing the lunch . Do you have this problem in the school where your children go? How would you feel if a teacher took your childs lunch because they didn't feel it was healty enough for them? What woudl you do in a situation like this, and just so everyone knows, I had called the school board and nothing was done about the matter!!
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1.  rocketj1 (2201) | 1 year ago |  Our school has a policy about soda drinks. I think the reasoning is more about the possible explosion of the drink and the mess it would make.
Also, my daughter is allowed to bring a water bottle to class (the classroom is far from the fountain). They are told that only water can be in them. I assume it it for the same reason as the other rule.
Did you talk to the teacher? School boards often consider such a thing a matter for the teacher to handle. There are two sides to every story, even when it's coming from your kids.
If you've talked to the teacher and the school board, then I don't know if there IS anything else you could do.
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 samtaylorskykierajen (5849) | 1 year ago | I have spoken to the school board about this and never was ever done about it . It bothered me the year I worked at the school because I would often have children coming up to me because they were hungry and had lost their lunch and knowng that my children had the same complaints, I had to assume it was true .
Thank you for your response . | |
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| 2. raclie (983) | 1 year ago |  well...
that has nothing to do with the lunch...
the fact that the teacher takes the lunch and that she eats IN FRONT OF THE CHILD is just plain GREEDY!!!
no doubt about it.
unless it is against the school rule that the child is not allowed to bring treats to school for lunch?
if so, fine, take away the treat.
but if you EAT it IN FRONT of the child, that just shows spite.
its like saying..."haha, i take it and i am going to eat it which tells you i have it and you dont."
and if it is not healthy for kids, does it mean that it is healthy for adults?
maybe if the child brings a treat and the teacher wants to take it for herself, tell your kid to just throw it into the bin.
so, healthy lunch after all.
but maybe that is not a good idea, huh?
maybe, visit the teacher, talk to her about the situation.
calling the school board will not help if this is cnsidered as a trival matter as they feel that they have more important things to do.
hope the situation will be solved soon...
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| raclie (983) | 1 year ago | hope your child is ok and that you get the problem sorted out....
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| 3. GardenGerty (20190) | 1 year ago |  As far as I know, if it is not in the school rules to not bring something, no one can take it away. Kids are not allowed to bring pop in their lunches, except for special treat days. Speaking of general knowledge of the schools around here, if a student had a lunch that school felt was insufficient in some way, unobtrusively, the child would be offered something in addition. I have seen kids claim to have packed their own lunch, and show up with four cookies. I do not like what you are saying about your school. It would bother me to send my kids there.
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| samtaylorskykierajen (5849) | 1 year ago | I do have a lot of issues with the school my children go to and yet there is nothing that we can do about it as parents . I know many of us have called the school board but it is so hard to find teachers that they basically have their hands tied and will only do something if is a very serious case, doesn't matter how many calls they get from parents complaining about what is going on .
Thank you for your response . | |
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| 4. moneyman123 (154) | 1 year ago |  They would do this at my school to and they woudl do it to the little kids cause they kenw the little kids would be to scared to go to the office to tell on the teachers . They would not do it to highschool cause they knew that we woudl tell on them and then they would get fired .
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| 5. Grandmaof2 (4346) | 1 year ago |  That in my opinion is horrible. I would much rather see a child drink even two gator aid then see them take one drink from the school fountain. When my daughter was going to school she lived with strep throat and yet she was healthy otherwise. It was finally figured out she was drinking from the fountain. I packed her a drink and told her she would be in big trouble if she ever drank water from the fountain again. That was the end of strep throat. The teacher had no bussiness doing that and shame on the school board. Unreal. More time neds to be spent on teaching education not nutrition.
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| 6. mattcassethan (160) | 1 year ago |  No they should not be allowd to check their lunches . If we pack a lunch then it was our money . I understand the need to healthy eating but some parents can't always afford this and if I want to give my child a treat in his or her lunch then I should be allowed to and nobody should be allowed to take it from them cause it was my money and if they did take it from them then they should have to put it back at the end of the day to take home with them and a note saying why they were not allowed to have it for the day so we know not to send that back in again . They should send home a list and not take there lunches from them .
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| 7. skywolfcel (5081) | 1 year ago |  its okay to let my kids eatwith the teacher as long as the teach will sure my kids eat right foods and if she will be the one paying for the foods for my kids.
i will be thankful of her concern but if that will harm my kids thats different
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| 9. patriciaqualls (4607) | 1 year ago |  That is just terrible. No a teacher shouldn't be allowed to take a child's lunch.
And especially not take the treat and eat it in front of your child. I would have talked to the teacher about this. And if it didn't stop I would have taken my child out of this class. That is just absurd that the school board wouldn't do anything about it.
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| samtaylorskykierajen (5849) | 1 year ago | There is no way you can pull a child from class where I live unless you were going to home school your child because we live in a small area and we only have one school and there is only one teacher for each grade, so if you have a problem you are stuck with this teacher in this one school!!
Thank you for your response . | |
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| patriciaqualls (4607) | 1 year ago | I am so sorry your children had to go through that. Some people just shouldn't be teachers!!
I bet if a student stole the teacher's lunch that student would be punished for it. | |
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10.  headbanger21 (1094) | 1 year ago |  no i think that was wrong of the teacher to do that...
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