In infant (3-7) and junior school (7-11) there was one option, no packed lunches and no leaving the grounds unless you went home for lunch.
In high school (11-16) there were, perhaps two or three options, with the packed lunch or going home for lunch possibility.
I am sick to death of all this whinging about food in schools. It doesn't actually matter if they like it. Given the option, eat it, or eat nothing I can tell you what the result will be.
What are we doing pandering to the whims of seven year olds anyway? Creating a new generation of finicky eaters with entitlement complexes and eating disorders is what.
I am glad we have the option of brown-bagging it. It's an American tradition.
>Given the option, eat it, or eat nothing.
Geez maam, you sound like a fascist! Why on earth can't they bring their own food???
You had a lot more options than we did. I don't know how local schools are now, but there was no leaving campus to eat at all. That's not to say we didn't leave on a few occasions anyway. . . .
Can you hear me applauding you? Great post.