Assignment #4 Draft 2

ASSIGNMENT 4:  Logic Model for LKR Lunch Program (Draft 2)

GOAL

·         To provide all students at LKR with a safe place to eat their lunch. 

OBJECTIVES

·         To keep all students safe as they eat lunch.

·         To allow the students to socialize with people of their choosing over the lunch hour.

·         To have the lunch program not infringe on the school’s ability to provide a varied extra-curricular program during the lunch hour.

ACTIVITIES

·         The students in grades 1-3 eat their lunches while seated on the floor of the small gym.  There are usually 3 supervisors for those students. 

·         The students in grades 4 and 5 eat in the art room, but the art room is far too small to house them all, so about 1/2 of the students sit in the art room at tables and counters, and 1/2 of the students sit on the floor in the hallway to eat.  Two supervisors are assigned to these students.  There are approximately 100 grade 4 and 5 students who stay for lunch regularly. 

·         The grade 6-8 students eat in the science lab, but once again the room is far too small for the number of students who attend.  About 30-40 students eat at the tables and benches, and around 70-95 eat their lunch on the floor of the hallway.  There is always 1 supervisor, and often 2 for this area, and between 100-125 students who regularly stay.  

OUTPUTS

·         Administrators, teachers, and parents are concerned that so many students in grades 1-3 eat their lunch while seated on the floor.  Many students regularly put food on the floor, or drop it on the floor, and then eat it.  Although the hygienic aspects of this are concerning, it leaves the library, band room, music room, and large gym open for extra-curricular activities. 

·         Administrators, teachers, and parents are concerned that so many students in grades 4-5 eat their lunch while seated on the floor.  Many students regularly drop food on the floor, and then eat it.  Although the hygienic aspects of this are concerning, it leaves the library, band room, music room, and large gym open for extra-curricular activities. 

·         Administrators, teachers, and parents are concerned that so many students in grades 6-8 eat their lunch while seated on the floor.  Many students regularly drop food on the floor, and then eat it.  Although the hygienic aspects of this are concerning, it leaves the library, band room, music room, and large gym open for extra-curricular activities.  

OUTCOMES

·         All students are safe as they eat lunch, except the sanitary conditions are not ideal.

·         All students have time and space to socialize with people of their choosing over the lunch hour.

·         All students have the option of participating in one, or several extra-curricular activities during the lunch hour.

IMPACTS

·         The lunch program will continue to be run in LKR in an optimal way that ensures the safety and socializing time of all students, and allows an active and varied extra-curricular program to be run over the noon hour.

The above logic model is for the Program Evaluation of the LKR School Lunch Program.  There have been problems over the years finding the students an appropriate place to eat their lunches where they can socialize with their friends and eat in a safe environment.  At present, the students are divided by their grade, and are removed from their classrooms during the lunch period.  This provides an advantage for the teachers, who can work in their classrooms over their lunch break.  As well, the current program leaves the band room, music room, large gym, and library free so that the extensive extra-curricular program at our school can run.  The main problem that administrators, supervisors, parents, and students have identified is that most students eat their lunch while seated on the floor.  This is considered unsanitary by most, as many children will still eat any food that touches the floor.  The purpose of the evaluation is to determine if there is a better way to run the lunch room that would not compromise the safety of the students, or the integrity of the extra-curricular programs.  Part of the evaluation will be to look at numbers of students, and capacities of different rooms, to determine how many other options exist, and to determine if the program can be run without the majority of students eating on the floor.