[ISLMA-Share] H.S that allow Food in the Library

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We also used to allow lunch and had the same experience. (Library staff
spending their afternoon wiping down tables as though it was a cafeteria.)
Now we allow discreet amounts. Encourage them to stay away from computers
(usually some slight transgressions here) but the line in the sand that
seems to work for us is the tray. Trays of food get turned around at the
door and sent back to lunch to finish. Bag of chips? Fine. (This way there
is no evaluation of what is in the lunch--mash pototoes are not OK, but
pizza is? No. On a tray? Not in the library.

Leah Krippner
Librarian, Harlem High School
I am currently reading *Scavenger Zoid* by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We allow drinks with lids, but no Polar Pops, and small snacks. No lunch
> food. If there is trash left out on the tables or on the floor, then the
> first time there is no food allowed the next day, the second time for a
> week and the third time for a month.
>
> There was a time when we allowed lunch, but that was a mess. We found food
> in the stacks, there was a lot of trash, and both the crowd and the space
> were hard to manage. It also took four hard years to break the habit,
> because those that had eaten in the library were always trying to sneak
> food in. Now if a student is caught, they have to leave and eat or finish
> in the hall.
>
> Hope this is helpful!
> Gretchen Zaitzeff
> University High School
> Normal, IL
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> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] H.S that allow Food in the Library
>
> Hi my fellow librarian peeps,
>
> We are trying to change the culture at my school to be more inclusive of
> allowing students to eat snacks in the library.  Are there any HS
> librarians that are willing to share their policy and experience with food?
>    Thanks in advance for all your help.
>
> Best,
> Jennette
>
> Jennette Gonzalez
>
> Library Director
> Ridgewood High School
>
> 7500 W. Montrose Ave.
>
> Norridge, IL 60706
>
>
>
> Phone: 708 697-5546
> Fax: 708 456-0342
> jgonzalez at ridgenet.org
> <https://webmail.ridgenet.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=a5c33e3e31174373ab4eb22cf18f04de&URL=mailto%3ajgonzalez%40ridgenet.org>
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