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Teachers and families urge Beloit board to keep ‘lunch in the classroom’ at several elementary schools
Summary
Teachers, staff and parents urged the board to keep classroom‑based lunches at multiple elementary schools, citing calmer routines, better nutrition and less behavior disruption than moving lunches into gyms.
Teachers and staff from multiple elementary schools, along with parents and community members, addressed the board during public comment to urge the district to retain classroom‑based lunches at their schools and to reconsider plans to move lunches into school gymnasiums.
What speakers said: Mary Ellen Fuentes, biliteracy coach at Todd Elementary, described Todd’s 2016 pilot of lunch in the classroom based on site visits to Madison schools and said the practice produced immediate benefits: students ate more, had fewer behavioral incidents and staff could hold calmer, more…
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