tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055736363386625222.post8262739428254039273..comments2023-04-25T01:18:14.876-05:00Comments on First Class Breakfast?: Do you know what is going on in your school?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055736363386625222.post-52293351786681319852010-06-02T14:29:42.618-05:002010-06-02T14:29:42.618-05:00We have been doing this for 2 years, and I don'...We have been doing this for 2 years, and I don't understand where any gets off saying that this should take 10 minutes. It takes 30 at a minimum. This is even after I have gotten it down to a science. Don't even think about that time frame if cafeteria workers don't show up for work. For two days, we were short 2 cafeteria workers, and two people had to serve breakfast to 755 students. It was taking so long that Teacher's Aides/Assistants had to start serving the meals.<br />I resent having to take 30 minutes away from my instructional day to serve breakfast. That's the time that I spend teaching SPELLING.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055736363386625222.post-4713058993372186002010-05-21T17:29:18.458-05:002010-05-21T17:29:18.458-05:00Actually you can OPT-OUT...a school cannot, but we...Actually you can OPT-OUT...a school cannot, but we as parents and guardians are allowed simply so NO, I don't want my child(ren) to be allowed to eat the breakfast. HISD is a very diverse district; however, Dr. Grier himself said the following publicly, March 24, 2010.<br /><br />We have received some "push-back" from parents at several of our schools who oppose the First Class Breakfast program's being required districtwide. Some have expressed concern that this may be one of the first steps to "re-centralize" decision-making—major decisions being made by the central-office staff instead of at the school level. Nothing could be further from the truth. Others feel that a large percentage of the children in their schools already eat breakfast at home and should not have to sit by and watch other students eat breakfast in their classrooms or feel pressured into eating breakfast twice. We want to be clear that principals and teachers in each sch ool have the complete freedom to design their program to meet the needs of students in their school. No two programs have to look exactly the same. We are inviting concerned parents and teachers to visit schools across the district where the program has been successfully implemented.<br /><br />What gives HISD the right to pass down a ONE-SIZE-FITS_ALL program? We as parents in a community have the right to OPT-OUT. A simple state of NO, and please place in my permanent records is all it takes.A. Channoreply@blogger.com