Running a school or starting a business? The school restricts parents from delivering meals, and deducts money if they don't eat in the cafeteria: for safety?

Teacher Zhou talks about education

2024-05-16 15:10Published in Jiangxi

Speaking of school cafeterias, it can be said that it is difficult to explain, because it is difficult to reconcile, so there are a lot of complaints. Some complain about the bad taste of the food, and some complain about the high price of the food. Of course, parents are more worried about the safety of food, after all, bad taste only affects the appetite, and if the food safety is not good, it will affect the child's body. People take food as the sky, eating is a big problem, and various problems about school canteens have also repeatedly aroused everyone's attention and heated discussions.

A few days ago, parents of students in a middle school in Xinhua, Loudi, Hunan Province, posted on social platforms to complain about the school's strange regulations on canteen management, such as boarding students must eat in the school canteen and are not allowed to order meals from other parents or restaurants; Parents of dormitory students can only deliver meals per person and one lunch box, and cannot send more.

What makes parents even more speechless is that the school stipulates that students are charged 700 yuan a month for meals in the cafeteria, that is, boarders have to pay 700 yuan no matter whether you eat or not, how much you eat in a meal, and whether you can finish eating.

In order to avoid boarders ordering food outside or other parents delivering meals to boarders, there is a nonsensical rule that the parents of boarding students can only send meals to one person and one box. In order to implement this regulation, even the political and educational office, logistics personnel, and police stations were even dispatched to be on duty at the school gate and take pictures, which can be described as "well-intentioned".

So in the video circulating on social platforms, we saw that the school playground was full of students, and the school arranged for teaching teachers, security guards, and supervisors wearing red vests to watch the students specifically, so scared that the students did not dare to take the meals sent by their parents.

If the canteen is affordable, delicious, hygienic, and makes students happy and parents at ease, then how can parents go to the distance to deliver meals?

In the video, parents reacted that the school required students to eat in the school cafeteria, and the meal fee was 700 yuan a month, but "students ate steel wool balls and hair", and the students also reported that the school meals were not appetizing, so some parents would rather trouble a little more to deliver meals to their children or find nearby restaurants to order meals.

In response to parents' questions, the school said that the reason why the notice stipulates that "parents can only deliver meals per person and one lunch box, and cannot send more" is to prevent parents from delivering meals and for the good of students. It's not that you can't give it to your parents, it's okay for parents to give food to their own children, but not to other children.

This is also done for food safety reasons, so that food from small canteens or vendors outside the school is not allowed to enter the school. However, some people disguised themselves as parents, and dozens of them were sent in, and the school made a joint management method for the delivery of meals out of consideration for the safety of students. The school also pointed out that there is certainly no problem with the hygiene and safety of the school canteen, but it cannot guarantee that the taste will meet all students.

This reason feels a bit far-fetched, who would pretend to be a parent to deliver food to someone else's child? Unless it's a takeaway person, isn't it okay to directly stipulate that students are not allowed to eat takeout? This makes more sense, after all, eating too much takeout is really not a thing.

Students choose to eat takeout and are reluctant to eat in the cafeteria, which can also be seen that the canteen meals do not meet the appetite of students. And I ate hair and bugs several times, and even steel wool wire, questioning that the school's dishes were not cleaned.

Even if it is difficult to reconcile the taste of the school cafeteria, as the school says, it is impossible for every student to be satisfied, but students and parents should have the right to choose, and the school's practice of deducting 700 yuan for eating or not eating is a kind of "overlord clause".

Of course, such clauses are not uncommon in schools, such as various fees under the guise of "voluntary", what school uniforms, tutoring materials, student milk, etc. It seems to be voluntary, but how dare parents not do it?

If students think that the food in the cafeteria is not tasty, they refuse to eat it, and they do not let their parents deliver or order meals, then the children will go to class hungry?

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