Could you leave campus for lunch when in High School?

libby73 · December 2009

There were 2 high school boys in a car accident a week ago and 1 boy died. The boys were off campus for lunch and it was reported this weekend that the boy that survived who had been driving the car had been traveling at speeds between 85 & 90 when the accident happened; police are investigating the crash a little further because they think the boys could have been racing another car.

I went to school in a different county from where I live now & when I was in highschool we were not allowed to leave campus for lunch because a few years before I went to HS some students had been killed while they were off campus for lunch. I'm curious if our county will continue allowing students to leave campus for lunch after this incident.

LittleApple · December 2009

I never did, but I know some kids that did. I think they needed parental permission.

Mrs.McLovin · December 2009

I heard a rumor that seniors were allowed to leave for lunch at my high school, but I don't think it was true since no one really left. A few of us snuck out twice.

alizabethy · December 2009

As seniors, we were allowed to go off campus for lunch (as long as our grades were passing). We had to sign out before we left. Looking back it was pretty dangerous - there were very few eateries near our high school so it took some time to get to where we were going. And the lunch break was not long, so I remember a lot of people speeding to get back to school.

CrazeyJaneyR · December 2009

Yep, I did.

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What a shame, I'm so sorry to hear about that.?

destea1 · December 2009

We had an open campus at lunch, there weren't many good alternatives though, our school had WAY more kids than it was built to house, so locking everyone on campus during lunches would've been a nightmare

schnappycat · December 2009

No, we had closed campus. I think our lunch hour was only 30 or 40 minutes, so there really wouldn't have been time to do much anyhow. I know all of the schools where I live now have open lunch hours, though.

CEO1197 · December 2009

Yes, we had open lunch. Anyone could leave for lunch (not just upperclassmen). I went to really small school in a small town. There were a few places for those with cars to go to in town for lunch, or you could just barely make it to the nearest town with a fast food restaurant (ten miles away), through the drive thru, and back to school before lunch was over.

ToBeMrsT · December 2009

we could leave campus for lunch. There were bad car accidents all the time too. It was terrible.

618mom22boys · December 2009

When I got to HS we were not allowed. But they were a few years before that. But that stopped due to a bad accident and students died as well.

DG1 · December 2009

We could during senior year. Maybe only 2nd semester senior year. I don't even remember. But it was private school, so we didn't have to follow the county rules. I don't think the city or county schools allowed it.

Brit&Nate · December 2009

We were definitely not allowed off campus. I thought it was a private school thing, but I guess not. Once school was in session the outside gate was locked-up and the only entrance/exit was through the main office.

jenifairies · December 2009

yes - my hs was 10-12 grade and anyone could leave for lunch.

dh's was completely closed for all grades 9-12. his school was inner city, mine was suburb, don't know if that makes a diff.

KeepingItLowKey · December 2009

My local public high school you couldn't... you couldn't even go outside. Seniors were able to leave.

I went to a private high school, we could eat outside but not leave for lunch until we were seniors.

Here all the schools can leave and it drives me BONKERS. I live 2 blocks from Columbine and I can't believe that leaving during the middle of the school day isn't considered a security issue. The middle schools can all leave for lunch too, and all the fast food restaurants are packed at lunch time. There is no way I am letting my kid eat that junk every day, nor am I giving my kid 5+ bucks for lunch every day.

LoriFalce · December 2009

Not only couldn't we leave the grounds, we couldn't leave the building.

libby73 · December 2009

KeepingItLowKey:
My local public high school you couldn't... you couldn't even go outside. Seniors were able to leave.

I went to a private high school, we could eat outside but not leave for lunch until we were seniors.

Here all the schools can leave and it drives me BONKERS. I live 2 blocks from Columbine and I can't believe that leaving during the middle of the school day isn't considered a security issue. The middle schools can all leave for lunch too, and all the fast food restaurants are packed at lunch time. There is no way I am letting my kid eat that junk every day, nor am I giving my kid 5+ bucks for lunch every day.

I would think it was a security risk as well.

violetvirgo · December 2009

we were allowed off campus for lunch in high school. "they" tried to stop that when a couple of kids were in car wreck, but it never happened. i also know kids that would try to speed to the town next to ours to grab food and speed back - they were idiots, but i loved leaving campus for lunch and went home most of the time to make lunch. every now and then my friends and i would all go out somewhere nice though.

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iowagirl73 · December 2009

Not when I was in high school, but the year after I graduated they allowed it. I have no idea if open campus is still allowed though.

Temp778367875008010 · December 2009

When I was a freshman, Soph-seniors could leave campus. When I was a soph, only juinors and seniors. When I was a junior, only seniors. When I was a senior I could finally leave, but juniors could too. I don't think they do that now. I know DH has said no one at his school could ever leave.

turkishdelight · December 2009

From a school perspective allowing off campus lunch is a safety issue and a financial issue. Where we used to live some of the high school buildings were very old and despite remodels and updates it just wasn't cost effective to try to build a huge cafeteria area that could seat the number of students needing to eat....so they allowed off campus lunch.

It is also a financial issue because if fewer students are eating lunch then the schools make a smaller investment in nutrition---buying food, hiring workers, etc.

Such a tragedy about the boys in your county. My heart breaks for his family---especially his mom.

*Bre* · December 2009

we couldn't. H and I were just talking about this today. Lunch period at his school was the time of day he went to smoke pot. Luckily he grew out of that LONG before I met him. I think its a bad idea altogether--my H is a prime example :P

Tiffany3119 · December 2009

We had an open campus for lunch the whole way through. There were tons of restaurants that were in easy walking distance that catered to the high school lunch crowds. The cafeteria on campus could not feed even a quarter of the students and the businesses around would have had to close without the students. There were car accidents during lunch while I was there and there has always been talk of closing campus but it would never work were I attended HS.

AverysMomma0624 · December 2009

Yes, we had open campus my first 3 years of high school, but my senior year they changed our scheduling around and shortened our lunch breaks and closed campus. Bummer for us seniors... But I can totally see something like this happening. Kids are idiots. We had a guy that hit a couple walking in the parking lot one morning b/c he was showing off and couldn't control his car and another kid took down a whole privacy fence on a day it rained for the same reasons (no one was seriously injured in either accident).

Daisy77 · December 2009

During the second half of my senior year, yes. Our class was rather unruly so we had to prove we were worthy enough to have open campus (could leave during lunch and study halls).

J+O · December 2009

Yes we could leave, if you were a 9th or 10th grader you needed permission from a parent (a note) if you were a junior or senior you can leave as you please. And yes I left a lot.

d.f · December 2009

Only Seniors were allowed and they had to be 18 or have parental permission. I sneaked off on occasion before senior year. I had enough credits to only have 1/2 days my Senior year so I didn't need to come back after lunch. Although, I did leave for breakfast during a class I was an Aide for where the teacher didn't care.

foreignroyalty · December 2009

Wow this must be an american thing. We were allowed to come and go at will and I don't know many people who stayed at the schools. Sure someone might question you if you were buggering around during class time outside but but certainly not during breaks or at lunch.... we didn't have that 'hallpass' thing either.

Temp174496125006552 · December 2009

I honestly have no idea if we were allowed to leave or not. It never occurred to me to go anywhere other than the cafeteria to sit with my friends, so I never considered it or looked into doing it.

LoriFalce · December 2009

turkishdelight:

From a school perspective allowing off campus lunch is a safety issue and a financial issue. Where we used to live some of the high school buildings were very old and despite remodels and updates it just wasn't cost effective to try to build a huge cafeteria area that could seat the number of students needing to eat....so they allowed off campus lunch.

It is also a financial issue because if fewer students are eating lunch then the schools make a smaller investment in nutrition---buying food, hiring workers, etc.

Such a tragedy about the boys in your county. My heart breaks for his family---especially his mom.

Actually, from a financial perspective, it's a ridiculous idea.

Maybe not in Texas, but I can't imagine why not because it involves federal funding, but I'll just go with PA...

Our schools have to have enough food on hand for all their students. What if no one decided to go out on any given day, or couldn't because of weather or a road problem? If the school didn't have enough lunch on hand, the Department of Ag would drop on them like a ton of bricks. It's the same situation with transportation. No matter whether you drop off/pick up your kid yourself, or he drives himself later, if your kid lives X distance from the school, the district has to provide a seat for him on a bus. Even if he never ever uses it, even if none of the kids on a given route use the bus, the district still has to pay to have enough transportation for every single warm body that lives outside that theoretical radius. It's crazy.

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