Longer Lunches

That’s ridiculous, 20 minutes that’s not healthy for you to have to swallow your food that quick not to mention waiting in line to get your food , so yea I will sign !!

I think scheduling is hard. It’s hard in preschool and I know it’s hard in high school. I am sure when deciding the schedule they take into account that making the day 15 min longer makes it harder for children who work, pick up siblings, play athletics etc. But at the end of the day this portion of the day is equally as important. Not only do we need to be teaching these teenagers good eating habits by making good choices not fast ones but also that meal times are an important social time. Sitting and having a conversation during meal times to me is important. And honestly getting a “brain break”. So many of them have attention issues and quite frankly are tired. This gives them a chance to refuel. I fix lunch boxes for my girls so they at least can skip the line. I know that’s not an option for all children. Would love to see them have more time! I don’t know how to make that happen...but willing to be part of a committee to talk about it.

While Education is important, SO IS nutrition! How can kids focus on school work with hungry belly’s!

I think they should be longer.

20 mins is no we're near enough time to eat lunch ever we had 30 mins when I was in school and that wasnt enough but 20 mins come on people

Also please ensure that the food is fully cooked any not expired as it has been in the past

Longer lunches

With the increase number of students entering our schools we need to accommodate all children so every one has a chance to eat but this could mean we will also have to make changes in other departments. We might have to extend school time in order to fill this need. Don't understand why we can put all this money in a football field and yet let our kids go hungry. Maybe if we would extend our lunch rooms and hire more people with that extra money we wouldn't have to sign petitions like this one. I know sports are important but all children are important and not all play sports.

Not long enough

Longer lunches

Give the students their time to eat!!!!

I know when I went to school we only have 30 minutes and that wasnt even enough time in most cases so 20 minutes is surely not enough! These kids need time to eat!!

make lunches longer!!

I never could finish my lunch in time. It was hard especially because some how my lunch classes were always on the opposite side of the school! And there are way too many students to do 20 min lunches. Ours were 30 min and I still couldn’t finish sometimes. Not to mention teachers will HOLD their class after the lunch bell and not let their students go!

Definitely need longer lunch times for our kids. This shouldn’t even be an issue

My son has gone without lunch or breakfast because the lines are so long.

Our children need time to feed their bodies and brains. Adults get an hour lunch and breaks and do not have homework yet our kids barely have time to walk to the cafeteria to stand in line and sit to eat before returning to class for another 90 minute block without a break! We are setting them up for failure.

that’s ridiculous that some kids don’t even get to eat their lunch.

It was hard even when I attended, but we had more time too!

Sometimes in Highschool the lines were so long I didn’t even get my lunch or hardly had time to eat it if I did. We had 30 minutes.