Title 1 elementary School PK-5 Cafeteria strategies
Wonder if anyone else is having this issue. We have about 100 plus students in the cafeteria at time. How to manage noise, staying in seat. We have frequent physical altercations and incidents happen in this setting. Frequently caused deregulation in classrooms after lunch. We have 5 part time lunch aides and two custodians along with me the assistant principal. Teachers do NOT eat lunch with students outside of Pre-K. I can not be in there everyday all day during lunches due to other responsibilities. Even when I do, I often have to leave if I want to get any work done due to the chaotic atmosphere. Students want to run up to me constantly and ask to open food items, just say hi. The cafeteria aides do not take very much initiative with managing student behavior. We use the GLAD hand signal, and have a microphone on the stage that can be turned on to address students. We attempted to use a bathroom pass system but scrapped it due to a bunch of logistical issues