Students Are Not Allowed to Talk During Lunch?

The answer is yes and no. The students go outside for recess before lunch which is 20 minutes in length. Then they come inside and get their lunches. When they sit down there is a red cup at the end of the table and the cup stays there for 5 minutes, usually less, and this means they can not talk and should focus on eating. Once the cup is removed they are allowed to converse as a normal. If it gets too loud the cup goes back down on the loud table for a set amount of time and then is removed again. The results are kids eat their lunch and the noise level has dropped tremendously. Nobody has said they can not talk, they just need to be reasonable with it. If they are yelling across the lunchroom repeatedly they may be told they can not talk because they have chosen to not follow the rules. Noise becomes an issue because we have classes going on around the lunchroom and the noise funnels through the halls. I hope you see the method to the madness.