to not want to pay £1 per day for my child to eat packed lunch at school

[cestlavielife]

school have decied those who bring packed lunch should pay £1 per day to sit and eat it in the canteen...(run by a private contractor)

if they provide juice/fruit for my child yes i would pay.

but not for just the space?

I am gobsmacked. That's disgusting!

Is this legal?

Sounds crazy to me, but maybe it pays for the supervision in the canteen?

What? Awful

I would say "thats fine, he will sit in the classroom/corridor" then.

what have other parents said? I don't see how they can enforce it at all, would they stop a child eating if they hadn't paid?

What??! It's only £2 a day for school dinners. That's ridiculous.

Another reason schools wind me up so much

That is fucking ridiculous!

They only charge £1 a day for school dinners at our school.

YANBU.

I would speak to some other packed lunch parents and then present a united front that they should find somewhere else non-chargeable for your children to sit.

That can't be legal. They have to offer the option of packed lunch and they have to provide somewhere suitable to eat it don't they?

I would check the legality of that charge. As them on what basis they are making the charge and the rules/legislation that gives them those powers.

If you won't pay what will they do? They can't not allow your child to eat

YANBU -

YANBU

our schools are really selling out aren't they?

have your child's school offered any alternative, not-for-profit venue for the children to eat.

I'd be inclined to say, no, we won't be paying that. So, now what?

Is there anywhere else they are allowed to eat a packed lunch?

In any case, sounds wrong. Can you get together with other parents and get this changed?

Ask them

Bloody hell! That's outrageous.

[Shock]

what sirzy said!

Shocking

I would talk to one of the governors about the legality of this charge. Otherwise, take it to the local paper!

Is this a fee-paying school?

then I would go back to the school and ask them where is the alternative place on school grounds for them to eat their packed lunches. If no, then ask for a lunch pass for them to go off school grounds i.e. just outside the gate for them to eat. As soon as they end up with litter all over the place, and the lunch staff / teachers / residents complaining then they will reverse their decision.

Just another way for a private contractor to get money. Disgusting.

That's ridiculous, there's no way I would pay!

If that's the case then the school needs to provide somewhere else for the children to have their packed lunches.

That's insane. YANBU!

No.

What??! That is the most bonkers thing I've seen all day.