Maris Stella High

[SPIES]

scang:

SPIES:

[quote=\"dinofan\"]I found out that there is this stall in canteen , a la carte, that charged $2 for everything . It seems that this takes place wef fr today. I called school to clarify, spoke to canteen in charge a Ms Ng. She was rather high handed and defensive. Claimed that the p1s were briefed by buddy and that there were parents volunteer there too. She started by blaming my boy for not collecting the change back.


Excuse me. I know what I gave my boy. No notes were given.

So as p1, you take the blame. Together with the buddy. Canteen operator can charge as much as they like because the little kid queued there.

Btw, my boy bought a plate of wanton noodle and was given a single wanton, some char siew and a little bit more noodle, which he cant finish. According to Ms Ng, that stall served a bigger portion. If the boys wanted smaller portion, should go to noodle hut. Ie longer queue, no wanton, just char siew and some noodle. But longer queue, meaning it could be your turn only when the bell rings.

I feedback to svhool personnel that this should not be the case and that the caterer has been with the school long enough to understand. Previously hmy boy bought hokkien noodle at $1 per plate from that stall. No problem. What reply I got fr ms Ng was that, uncle pity him so gave him less and charge less.

We parents are not allowed in since day 1 to accompany, you expect the p1 to remember so much. Such tactics are unreasonable.

I hope the school will do something about it, since admin manager is not around today. Will call again tomorrow speak personally.

I was about to ask about the canteen food also... My boy bought 2 roti prata today and he told me that 1 plain prata costs $1!!! That's more expensive than eating outside! A bit ridiculous.Any of your son bought that before?

name of stall for Ms Ng? a la carte?

name of prata stall?[/quote]My son said he bought the pratas from noodle hut.

[seestar]

My DS has been eating the roti prata everyday since last week. It’s so expensive !!

I requested him to buy one home for me to try. Surprise surprise, it is really tasty >> sweet & fragrant. ( I’m still not happy that he is eating it so often)
By DS needs 2 to fill him up and that’s $2 … For empty calories !
He said its from Noodle Hut (?) thought noodle hut would sell only noodles ?

As for the wanton noodles, my DS wil sometimes have it for recess, ordering the smaller portion, $1, due to the limited time. But for lunch, he wil order the big portion, $2.

I recalled that we also made similar complaints and feedback to the Sch that $2 was too steep for P1/P2. ( when my DS was in P1, recess was still under catering, they hav only started allowing the P1-P3 to purchase their own food during recess last yr, 2012). Since then, there were adjustments, my DS told me that he could hav noodles & rice for $1, small portion , just nice for recess.

[emdad]

If my DS eats prata everyday, he will definitely get a good lecture from us. You are right, it is empty calories. I find the recess time too short. My DS asked us recently if he could skip eating altogether and just PLAY! Needless to say he received a lecture from us. Off course we had to also tell him nicely that if he doesn’t eat then he probably would always be caught when playing catching with his friends.


During the School orientation, I had breakfast with my DS at school. I was actually pleasantly surprised that the food was reasonable, in terms of price and quantity. I must qualify that I probably have lost touch with school canteen food since for us working adults, food is never really that cheap (even at food court). What I am trying to say is that we have to recognise the fact that the school may be facing difficulties in finding willing stall operators. The cost of business in itself is rising, and yet, the school (and us parents) are expecting them to maintain a very low price. Even if the stall operators are enjoying subsidised rental for the stall, that doesn’t defray their cost of raw materials which is rising along with inflation. Weigh that in against how much mark-up they can charge … then we could probably figure why not many are keen to operate.

My only request if anything out of this, is for the stall operators and school to ensure that they operate ethically, i.e. if you charge $2, please make sure the food is worth $2.

[flyboy744]

All hail emdad, for he has spoken again…


And again, let’s not judge the school, the the teachers, the administration, the bus operators, the canteen operators,the boys… but let’s evaluate ourselves, not overreact, manage our expectation, our judgement…

You must be surely the number 1 model parent all school is hoping to have…


Cheers!

[Dreamgear]

maybe to give you some reference point, my DD sap primary school in the east selling price for prata is 60cents and noodles is 80cents to $1.20…

[seestar]

Dreamgear:

maybe to give you some reference point, my DD sap primary school in the east selling price for prata is 60cents and noodles is 80cents to $1.20......

My DD in a secondary Sch in town,almost all food max $1.60 except Western $2.20.
Good in Maris Stella is higher comparatively esp since there's primary students.

[bbyy]

Oh, my boy so far only eat chicken delight (Chicken rice) for $1 and had it twice only. but he requested us to pack food for his recess instead. he didnt seems to enjoy buying from canteen.

[ptr]

Yes food in MS is definitely higher as compared to other schools, everything starts from $1 at least. Some of the stalls are also overcharging, for items like nuggets, they are more expensive than my office staff canteen based on what ds tells me.

[cherrygal]

Alamak, the famous roti prata at Upp Thomson is only 80 cents each! How can Nonya Manis sell it more expensive than famous eateries outside who need to pay high rents and labour charges?


And I suspect they are just frying up the frozen pratas.

[blueblue]

My P1 boy bought a plate of white rice with an egg on his first day in school.

The stall charged him $1 which I felt was a bit expensive.