This year, the school has decided to change lunch time schedules. A lunch is earlier than it used to be around 10am, and B lunch is around 1pm.

For both carriers 5 and 6, Mrs. Aldrich has her prep hours, so she gets to have lunch whenever she wants. She didn’t have much to say, but she thinks that A lunch is fine, and B lunch is very late. “Thankfully we have Focus Time and Coram Deo so kids can have a snack time break.” 

Mr. Harvey has both A and B lunch, depending on Blue and White days. For his students that have B lunch, Harvey feels that it does affect them a bit since they have to wait a long time. He says when they start to get hungry, they are sometimes “a bit hangry.” 

Harvey continues, “some of them bring snacks to eat during class.” His A lunch students do have an advantage since their lunch is early. He also mentions it’s a little different vibe while teaching students with different lunch times. “The energy is a bit weird; a different energy compared to A lunch kids.” 

Mr. Sherman said he was a bit worried about lunch being late on certain days. It has been a bit of a challenge for him. He says “teachers and students have been figuring out when to squeeze a quick snack in since there is a struggle before going to lunch.” 

Both Sherman’s carriers 5 and 6 have B lunch, and he says the combination of late lunch and a longer class period has affected them. He says “staying focused is a bit of a struggle. As a teacher I need to figure out when to have breaks, keep things moving and shifting in the classroom, and maintain engagement and attention.”  He says people have recognized that “if you have B lunch, the afternoon goes quickly, especially on early release days.”

Mrs. Thomasma says, “I don’t really notice a big difference. I have A lunch every day, so Thursdays are the only day that it seems really early; it’s more like brunch. She says she doesn’t usually have issues with students focusing after lunch. 

When asked if it was easy or hard to get students to settle down or work right after an early morning lunch, Thomasma says, “there is no difference for me. My students are awesome.” She says ”quite frankly, it seems like students are hungry before lunch because they ask for food. Perhaps breakfast should be a larger meal.” Thomasma has not heard any student talk about the lunch times, so she doesn’t think that it is an issue for her students.