Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Lunch
My first day at school I got to help serve lunch to the kids. The smaller kids get lunch in these plastic bowls and the bigger kids get plates. Meals are made in the kitchen at the school and served in the classrooms--usually rice and beans and some kind of chicken. We had the same food as the kids--served on plates in the tiny staff room. Except on Fridays we got Ackee and Saltfish--the national dish. Not all kids get lunch. Some don't have the money and some choose to spend money on sweets. In addition to a parent run tuck shop (chips and such) in the school there are vendors on the playground selling snacks as well. The free lunch program comes out of the teachers pockets. Though the PTA has occassional fund raisers to help pay for lunches for needy kids. Several days we got patties (another national treat) which helped fund free lunches..
# posted by Carol Harma @ 12:44 PM 
