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Parents criticize school's quiet lunch plan
Des Moines Register ^
| 08/21/2003
| By Brianna Blake
Posted on 08/21/2003 4:48:28 AM PDT by idkfa
Edited on 05/25/2004 2:46:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Lunch period at Willowbrook Elementary School in Altoona was quiet enough Wednesday to hear the crunching of potato chips and the slurping of juice through tiny straws. In the background, classical music played.
The Southeast Polk school district is trying something new this year: silent lunch.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: education; pta; silentlunch
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RODNEY WHITE/The Register
Terri McClelland, an early childhood development instructor at Willowbrook Elementary School in Altoona, reminds students to be quiet during lunch period.
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posted on
08/21/2003 4:48:29 AM PDT
by
idkfa
To: idkfa
When I was in boot camp, I remember that the drill sergeants would not let us talk in the mess hall.
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:02:09 AM PDT
by
Momaw Nadon
(The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open.)
To: idkfa
She needs to get her ass out of the cafeteria anf into the gym. A beauty parlor wouldn't hurt either (although, it probably wouldn't help).
To: idkfa
My neighbors home school. During lunch, you would not believe the racket that comes from that house.
To: idkfa
Oh this is insane!
Even in Catholic school we were allowed to talk at lunch. If they want the noise level to drop, run a movie.
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:05:35 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(God Bless our President, those with him & our troops)
To: idkfa
I went to a military elementary school overseas where silent lunch was the policy. Teachers would walk up and down the aisles crying "Shutup!" Lunch was the worst part of the day.
The logical answer to the problem of undue rowdiness in the cafeteria is to single out the malefactors and punish them.
To: Living Free in NH
Wow! I thought that was a guy!
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:06:40 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(God Bless our President, those with him & our troops)
To: idkfa
Kids should be seen and not heard.
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:07:48 AM PDT
by
fml
To: netmilsmom
Wow! I thought that was a guy!No...I think I see boobies. They aren't man-boobs, are they?
"It's" name is "Terri." I guess it could be either.
To: idkfa
"If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:11:28 AM PDT
by
Ol' Sox
To: Living Free in NH
She needs to get her ass out of the cafeteria anf into the gym. A beauty parlor wouldn't hurt either (although, it probably wouldn't help)."She" is named Rodney, according to the caption. Which suggests that, if she is indeed a she, there may be more issues than dropping a few pounds.
Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:11:40 AM PDT
by
mikeb704
To: Living Free in NH
Opps. Ridney is the photog. Maybe I should use reading glasses after all; I hate when I do that.
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:13:02 AM PDT
by
mikeb704
To: idkfa
I wondered what Rosie O'Donnell has been up to lately.
To: idkfa
Thats just cruel. I would take my kid out of that school.
This crap is getting out of hand, they won't remove the behavior problem kids instead they punish ALL.
..."just another brick in the wall".
To: idkfa
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:14:26 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: idkfa
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:15:10 AM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(When I am asked what my political preference is, I answer "Christian".)
To: SouthernFreebird
"..."just another brick in the wall"."
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:15:27 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: idkfa
My kids are going through the same thing here in Montgomery AL. They get no recess and can't talk during lunch. No wonder kids are rowdy. Recess and lunch are where you burn off energy and learn the things they don't teach in class.
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:20:11 AM PDT
by
TankerKC
(If I can take Creative Writing, why can't I take Creative Spelling?)
To: idkfa
Sheesh.....no more recess....quiet lunches......and ZERO TOLERANCE.
No wonder we have so many 'angry kids'.......gov't is now demanding 'perfect children'
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:21:08 AM PDT
by
txdoda
("Navy-brat")
To: idkfa
Look at the kids in the picture.
Does anyone think that the Willowbrook Elementary School in Altoona is a school for the Aryan Youth?
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posted on
08/21/2003 5:21:29 AM PDT
by
Momaw Nadon
(The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open.)
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