Lunch Lady

I'm having lunch with a mom (Cindy) who has had lunch duty at the elementary school she works at; I never imagined how hard it could be. Difficult, and incredibly unappetizing. It takes awhile to get children ages 5 to 11 seated after getting their lunch, which is either hot or a brown bag. School hot lunches are in a sad state and probably full of enough content for a weeks worth of columns, but I digress. Brown bag lunches pose a different problem for the lunch aid that needs to keep kids in line and eating, cleaning up and moving towards the recess yard. Some moms have the best intentions when packing a lunch, but when it comes to packaging or containers they really need to take more notice about how easy, or in this case not easy the food item is to open. Lunch aids help kids with their meals, and the surprises Cindy has found in many a lunch bag has ranged from old socks (student took wrong brown bag to school) to moldy leftovers. And then there are the good lunches with sandwiches cut into shapes of flowers and stars with fruit, yogurt and a small treat. After two lunch periods Cindy pretty much loses her appetite for lunch, not just because of what the kids are eating but how they eat it. Perhaps a day to salute the lunch aids should get on your list of things to do once school is back in session?

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