This and That, October 3, 2025
The Seattle Times has a story this morning on the final resolution to high school lunches: Starting Monday, Oct. 6, all SPS high schools will have two lunch periods, except on Wednesdays, when students can share one schoolwide 30-minute lunch period. The change will “preserve time for students to connect, join clubs, or explore other interests,” wrote SPS interim superintendent Fred Podesta and associate superintendent Rocky Torres-Morales in an email sent to impacted high schools Thursday afternoon. “This gives students time for whole-school community building, while still supporting a safer and more manageable lunch experience on other days.” The decision to implement a one-lunch Wednesday will be made by each school principal and individual school community. Schools will provide exact details about their schedules by the end of the week. As I posted in the Comments: This makes it unclear what is to happen: "The decision to implement a one-lunch Wednesday will be made by each ...