anyone else having problems with school dinners?

tw1nklestar

ask the school if there is a grab a bag options instead of a free hot meal - our school does this as an option for free school meals if the child does not like what is on the menu for the day (we get a menu for 6 weeks at a time). The grab a bag consists of either an egg or cheese sarnie on brown bread, a piece of fruit, a juice and a pudding of either yoghurt, flapjack or the pudding from the main menu.

Bubby

kutsu119 wrote: »

Free school meals and upset because precious Paris or Cindy or McKenzie or whatever else doesn't like cheese?

Boooohoooooo

You are right, we should force children to eat whatever scraps are left regardless whether they like them or not:rotfl:

I really don't know why you bother replying if it is only to be offensive?

Oldernotwiser

emsywoo123 wrote: »

My DD does not have a choice, she is 6, and she does eat scampi

Quite right too!

Oldernotwiser

mrcow wrote: »

Mine wouldn't because:

a. It stinks (can't stand it when my OH eats it)
b. They are vegetarian

OP - go in tomorrow and make a formal complaint. That's no way to feed pupils. Someone has to step and and take the blame over this.

Fair enough if they're vegetarians ( I do agree there needs to be a vegetarian option available) but presumably the cheese pasta is the vegetarian option.

kutsu119

I'd think that someone on free school meals has bigger things to consider than making their child eat like a vegetarian...

kutsu119

Bubby wrote: »

You are right, we should force children to eat whatever scraps are left regardless whether they like them or not:rotfl:

I really don't know why you bother replying if it is only to be offensive?

Cheesy pasta or scampi are not scraps though, are they.

Stop the fussy eating; problem solved.

Oldernotwiser

Bubby wrote: »

You are right, we should force children to eat whatever scraps are left regardless whether they like them or not:rotfl:

Is this any different from eating a meal at home that they don't much like?

coco1980

I give my ds a pack lunch, he will eat almost anything but often came home saying that if his class were last in then often the choice wasnt good, some days it was toast

kelloggs36

Check with the school to see if they have a rota system - many do. They take it in turns to go first eg year 1 then year 2 etc. Alternatively, my other school used to keep a record of what each child had ordered and cook that only - any who had not filled it in got a jacket potato as a default. This worked as it was a small school - it wouldn't be feasible in a large school.

Eton_Rifle

I'm sure the taxpayer will be happy to pay extra for an additional meal choice so a child doesn't have to suffer human rights abuses by being forced to eat free cheese.