Question for JALCCLARK

**Kindred-Spirit** · 09-22-2002, 01:24 PM

Okay so I am curious, you have to pay $19 a week for a four year olds lunch? Read it in the grocery challenge, or is it a month? I can't imagine paying that much. Can you send your own lunch with her? Just WOSIE! hope it is okay to ask.

BTW Hi I am Kindred, alot of folks know me from other boards. I hope I haven't come across too nosey. lol

**MANDERS** · 09-24-2002, 12:33 PM

I think I remember you from another board.ANyways yep its $19 a WEEK ouch huh.Which made our grocery budget go way up to $69 a week.Nope she can't bring her own lunch.She goes to a day school for her prek(which is georgia funded-meaning no cost to us at all,except lunches)and the director has tried to have them bring lunches before but some parents would actually send in a candy bar and coke for lunch(nutritous huh)ANyways the $19 covers breakfast,lunch and 2 snacks for the week,bad part is if they miss a day you stil pay.

They passed out a form for everyone to fill out for government assistance and is only 20% of the students qualified the whole prek qualified(there are 60 kids in 3 classes)So if just 12 kids qualified then everyone would.Bad thing is half of the parents didn't even turn them in.WE don't qualify though.HOpe this helped.Next year she will take her lunch.

**bamamomto4** · 09-24-2002, 01:31 PM

WOW!! Hope it's ok for me to butt in here

Katie goes to an Alabama funded(no cost to us) pre-k M-F 7:45-1:30 and breakfast,lunch,and 1 snack is included.

It's funny how each state is diff like that. $19 is expensive. I'm glad I don't have to pay that cause I know Katie doesn't eat $19 worth of food a week lol

Sorry for butting in

**Sara Noel** · 10-05-2002, 01:44 AM

Where Zachary goes now the parents bring in snack. We have a snack calendar and I bring snack/juice twice a month. He's only there for 2.5 hrs though.
$19/wk is a lot. It seems school lunches are really getting costly.
I'd be asking for a doggie bag. Kidding here. Just trying to make light of an expensive situation. I'm glad at least you aren't paying for school on top of that.

Sara

**MANDERS** · 10-06-2002, 09:23 PM

Well i guess the good thing is that mine and cannons lunches will be free and since he is only $1 and hour it kinda makes up for the cost,think of all the groceries i'll be saving on if no one is eating at home except for dinner(woohoo)