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I saw this on the television this morning. Several schools back East have made some major changes recently. They have thrown out all the junky school lunches, replacing the starches with salads, and whole breads, and other nutritrious foods. They repainted their cafeterias to resemble different themes, one painted their cafeteria to resemble an old Model T. They increased the lunch time to an hour instead of a half an hour. They took out the long tables and replaced them with smaller groups of tables that sit only 4-5 students. They locked the teachers out of the facilty lunchroom and the teachers now sit with the students. They threw out all the vending machines as well.
The results were that these schools saw an increase in attendance, an upswing of grades, a down grade of violence, the gun and weapons issue went away, the bullying of other students stopped, and at first though a lot of the students complained about the changes, they got used to it and settled right in. It was extremely interesting to hear.
The results were that these schools saw an increase in attendance, an upswing of grades, a down grade of violence, the gun and weapons issue went away, the bullying of other students stopped, and at first though a lot of the students complained about the changes, they got used to it and settled right in. It was extremely interesting to hear.