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Maybe this wasn't all over the US, but in the 90s I helped serve and clean up our elementary school lunches. There was a rotation through all of the older class

Maybe this wasn't all over the US, but in the 90s I helped serve and clean up our elementary school lunches. There was a rotation through all of the older classrooms.

iandanforth 1y ago
Mind sharing which school?
- RandallBrown 1y ago
  It was a public elementary school in Bay City Michigan.
Aurornis 1y ago
On the internet it’s easy to forget that the US education system is extremely heterogeneous. There isn’t one set of practices or laws that are shared across the country. It’s very local. For me, I can barely remember school provided lunches existing as something that a small handful of students got. The majority of students brought a lunchbox from home that our parents prepared.
- RandallBrown 1y ago
  Yup, we had "hot lunch" available or you could bring your own. Some kids had meal cards that got them free lunch (or maybe just reduced lunch? I was like 8 years old so I don't remember.)
saltcured 1y ago
I can remember similar from public elementary school in the early 80s in the suburban SF Bay Area. In kindergarten, we had a rotating chore to take the collective milk money for the class, exchange it for a crate of milk at the cafeteria, and return it to the kindergarten room. I can imagine social norms have changed since then about this de facto mandatory financial exercise. In later grades, we had some rotating lunch duties including, at least, rinsing the lunch trays and loading the big dishwasher. I can't remember if we ever helped serve food, but I do remember being told to be careful with the very hot water spray nozzle in the washing basin. I can imagine this having changed due to shifting safety and liability norms.
thevillagechief 1y ago
I went to a boarding high school in Kenya (most high schools are boarding there) and we were responsible for cleaning the hostels and the bathrooms, which we had to do every morning before class. The flowerbeds outside our hostels were also our responsibility.
frakkingcylons 1y ago
I also did this to get lunch for free in high school from 2008-2010. I don’t remember how many hours a week it was (it was definitely less than 10). The shifts were prep work in the morning, serving lunch, or doing dishes. Each shift was at most an hour. It was pretty fun since it was with my friends at school.

Maybe this wasn't all over the US, but in the 90s I helped serve and clean up our elementary school lunches. There was a rotation through all of the older classrooms.

iandanforth 1y ago

Mind sharing which school?

RandallBrown 1y ago
It was a public elementary school in Bay City Michigan.

Aurornis 1y ago

On the internet it’s easy to forget that the US education system is extremely heterogeneous. There isn’t one set of practices or laws that are shared across the country. It’s very local. For me, I can barely remember school provided lunches existing as something that a small handful of students got. The majority of students brought a lunchbox from home that our parents prepared.

RandallBrown 1y ago
Yup, we had "hot lunch" available or you could bring your own. Some kids had meal cards that got them free lunch (or maybe just reduced lunch? I was like 8 years old so I don't remember.)

saltcured 1y ago

I can remember similar from public elementary school in the early 80s in the suburban SF Bay Area. In kindergarten, we had a rotating chore to take the collective milk money for the class, exchange it for a crate of milk at the cafeteria, and return it to the kindergarten room. I can imagine social norms have changed since then about this de facto mandatory financial exercise. In later grades, we had some rotating lunch duties including, at least, rinsing the lunch trays and loading the big dishwasher. I can't remember if we ever helped serve food, but I do remember being told to be careful with the very hot water spray nozzle in the washing basin. I can imagine this having changed due to shifting safety and liability norms.

thevillagechief 1y ago

I went to a boarding high school in Kenya (most high schools are boarding there) and we were responsible for cleaning the hostels and the bathrooms, which we had to do every morning before class. The flowerbeds outside our hostels were also our responsibility.

frakkingcylons 1y ago

I also did this to get lunch for free in high school from 2008-2010. I don’t remember how many hours a week it was (it was definitely less than 10). The shifts were prep work in the morning, serving lunch, or doing dishes. Each shift was at most an hour. It was pretty fun since it was with my friends at school.