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How Hard is it to Just Say No?

This email seems to be buzzing around the families of the HPISD middle and intermediate school.  Here is what I would have written:

Dear Parents:

No more fast food, your kid can eat cafeteria food (which is very good, if I do say so myself) or pack it! 

Principal Saffie

Here is the real email that was sent:

Dear MIS and HPMS Parents,

We are asking for your assistance with a cafeteria issue. The number of parents delivering lunches from fast food restaurants to students has greatly escalated the last few weeks. These deliveries are causing some problems due to the high volume of food deliveries to the office, students leaving the cafeteria/class to come to the office to pick up food, parents delivering food from the back parking lot (and asking students to leave the cafeteria to pick up the lunches in the back parking lot), students feeling left out, parents feeling pressured to bring lunches, and even parents delivering lunches on a cart to the whole table and then taking up lunch money!

We know that students enjoy a special treat from time to time, but please consider the following guidance when deciding whether or not to deliver food to your student:

1.) Please do not feel compelled or pressured to deliver food to your student in the cafeteria. Lots of parents say no, and we appreciate it! At a minimum, please limit food deliveries to your own child and to special occasions.

2.) NEVER ask your child to leave the cafeteria to go to the back parking lot to pick up food from any car, including the parent's. This seriously compromises our school safety procedures.

We would truly appreciate your assistance in following these guidelines.

Thank you,

Laurie Norton
Principal

Tuesday, 26 April 2011