I am a parent or teacher at Coeur d’Alene Elementary School and we ask the LAUSD School Board and Superintendent John Deasy to restore our former breakfast program (which included breakfast before school, as well as a second chance breakfast), to replace the current Breakfast in the Classroom Program.
When the School Board approved Breakfast in the Classroom, Dr. Deasy agreed to explore other options for non-title one schools, like Coeur d’Alene, who were never the focus when LAUSD was developing this program.We are serving about the same number of breakfasts as we did before BIC, but with more work for cafeteria workers, teachers,parent volunteers, much more waste, and less instructional time.We do not believe that any child should go hungry. We do believe there is a better way to offer breakfast to those children who need it. We also believe in the rights of parents to be able to choose what their children are eating, when they are eating it, and to provide a clean and healthy place to learn.
Things we will gain by restoring our former program:
*Removal of the ‘stigma in the classroom’ - most of our classrooms only have a few students taking the breakfast; this magnifies the stigma and is discouraging hungry children, who used to eat before school in the cafeteria (with a mixed group of students), from participating
*Children who come to school late, will once again have the opportunity to eat at the second chance breakfast
*We will keep our classrooms allergy-free zones, to help protect children with food allergies
*Removal of the temptation of processed and sugar-laden foods from the classroom
*We will regain at least 45 hours of lost instructional time
*Reinstate morning PE for some of our classes
*Environmental friendliness – there will be less food and plastic packaging waste
*Sanitary classrooms without pests and dirty surfaces
*Teachers won’t have to be breakfast monitors and clean up after students
*Parents will regain the freedom to make our own decisions about what to feed our children
Let’s come together to restore our former program.
Updates
March 12, 2014
The feedback from teachers and parents about the current program has been overwhelming and confirms that our instructional time is suffering. I am currently reaching out to school board members to demand a formal review of this issue. Please email your representative today to ensure they understand why this system does not work for our school.
March 12, 2014
We hit a significant mark of support today that proves our community rejects the current classroom breakfast model. Call the district office this afternoon and demand a meeting with Superintendent Deasy regarding the return of our cafeteria program.
Reached 100 supporters
March 12, 2014
55 Comments
I try to feed my son organic whenever possible and the food provided by breakfast-in-the class has too much preservatives and sugar. We had a good program in place for those who needed food.
Our teachers should not be serving breakfast. Please allow our school to return to prior program where breakfast was available to all students prior to start of school day.
Please please restore our previous breakfast program. My husband and I use to go to the cafeteria before school as needed. We were happy to pay for the breakfast. With the current BIC we have opted out as my child does not need breakfast every day. It is a waste of school funds for my child to participate. This program has taken away the breakfast option completely away from us.
In the School Board's attempt of one size fits all governance, they took a program that worked for our school, and replaced it with one that does not work, wastes food, resources and instructional time. Please please restore our former breakfast program. Let the teachers teach and I will feed my child at home.
To my knowledge and observation, our former breakfast program served the community better and the students more thoroughly. Although we all appreciate your attempt to improve breakfast for our children, I respectfully request that the previous program is restored, as it served CDA students' needs better. Thank you!
I'm a Beethoven St. Elem. parent. Breakfast In The Classroom is WRONG! It's inappropriate to have the children eating during instructional time. I want the teachers TEACHING not cleaning up spilled juice (3 today in our class), I want before school breakfast program back in place and get LAUSD out of MY child rearing responsibilities!!!
Get breakfast in the cafeteria.
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I am a parent or teacher at Coeur d’Alene Elementary School and we ask the LAUSD School Board and Superintendent John Deasy to restore our former breakfast program (which included breakfast before school, as well as a second chance breakfast), to replace the current Breakfast in the Classroom Program.
When the School Board approved Breakfast in the Classroom, Dr. Deasy agreed to explore other options for non-title one schools, like Coeur d’Alene, who were never the focus when LAUSD was developing this program.We are serving about the same number of breakfasts as we did before BIC, but with more work for cafeteria workers, teachers,parent volunteers, much more waste, and less instructional time.We do not believe that any child should go hungry. We do believe there is a better way to offer breakfast to those children who need it. We also believe in the rights of parents to be able to choose what their children are eating, when they are eating it, and to provide a clean and healthy place to learn.
Things we will gain by restoring our former program:
*Removal of the ‘stigma in the classroom’ - most of our classrooms only have a few students taking the breakfast; this magnifies the stigma and is discouraging hungry children, who used to eat before school in the cafeteria (with a mixed group of students), from participating
*Children who come to school late, will once again have the opportunity to eat at the second chance breakfast
*We will keep our classrooms allergy-free zones, to help protect children with food allergies
*Removal of the temptation of processed and sugar-laden foods from the classroom
*We will regain at least 45 hours of lost instructional time
*Reinstate morning PE for some of our classes
*Environmental friendliness – there will be less food and plastic packaging waste
*Sanitary classrooms without pests and dirty surfaces
*Teachers won’t have to be breakfast monitors and clean up after students
*Parents will regain the freedom to make our own decisions about what to feed our children
Let’s come together to restore our former program.
Updates
March 12, 2014
The feedback from teachers and parents about the current program has been overwhelming and confirms that our instructional time is suffering. I am currently reaching out to school board members to demand a formal review of this issue. Please email your representative today to ensure they understand why this system does not work for our school.
March 12, 2014
We hit a significant mark of support today that proves our community rejects the current classroom breakfast model. Call the district office this afternoon and demand a meeting with Superintendent Deasy regarding the return of our cafeteria program.
Reached 100 supporters
March 12, 2014
55 Comments
My kindergartner eats healthy breakfast at home so i have opted him out of the Classroom program. It's now confusing as half the class can have it and half opts out. He feels like we are punishing him while others are getting rewarded. It's really confusing for these kids this way and sounds like there is so much waiste.
I try to feed my son organic whenever possible and the food provided by breakfast-in-the class has too much preservatives and sugar. We had a good program in place for those who needed food.
Our teachers should not be serving breakfast. Please allow our school to return to prior program where breakfast was available to all students prior to start of school day.
Please please restore our previous breakfast program. My husband and I use to go to the cafeteria before school as needed. We were happy to pay for the breakfast. With the current BIC we have opted out as my child does not need breakfast every day. It is a waste of school funds for my child to participate. This program has taken away the breakfast option completely away from us.
In the School Board's attempt of one size fits all governance, they took a program that worked for our school, and replaced it with one that does not work, wastes food, resources and instructional time. Please please restore our former breakfast program. Let the teachers teach and I will feed my child at home.
To my knowledge and observation, our former breakfast program served the community better and the students more thoroughly. Although we all appreciate your attempt to improve breakfast for our children, I respectfully request that the previous program is restored, as it served CDA students' needs better. Thank you!
I'm a Beethoven St. Elem. parent. Breakfast In The Classroom is WRONG! It's inappropriate to have the children eating during instructional time. I want the teachers TEACHING not cleaning up spilled juice (3 today in our class), I want before school breakfast program back in place and get LAUSD out of MY child rearing responsibilities!!!
Get breakfast in the cafeteria.
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My kindergartner eats healthy breakfast at home so i have opted him out of the Classroom program. It's now confusing as half the class can have it and half opts out. He feels like we are punishing him while others are getting rewarded. It's really confusing for these kids this way and sounds like there is so much waiste.