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Originally Posted by katex
Well, said it before and say it again.. it should be mandatory for all school children to stay for school dinners. That way, a more extensive menu will be offered and hopefully, more customers, will eventually reduce the cost.
Packed lunches or going to the chippie at lunch can cost just as much as £ 1.75 and not particularly nutritional, unless the parent is vigilent about it, but how many are ?
Is their still an extra benefit for 'free' school dinners if particularly feeling the hardship ? Should be brought back, and none of that bull about children feeling demeanoured by this .. can be done tactfully.
Just trying to encourage parents to go along with this would not work, would still be the ones that (like Lancsdave) would prefer to handle their Child Benefit in the way they seem fit .. and quite rightly so.
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you can only get free school meals if you are in reciept of income support or jobseekers, and getting child tax credits but not working tax credits. school dinner when i worked in the kitchen there was a huge choice and the menu has to change every 2 months, schools also offer packed lunches instead of hot meals, we are lucky where we live we dont have any take aways not even where the high school is.
I think school dinners should be free for all, im sure they used to be, but if you prefer to have packed lunches then thats fine too, i dont like the idea of kids going to the chippy for their dinner maybe thats why schools banned pupils from leaving school at lunchtime i dont know