Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 5)

[brownnskinn 0]

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

[*JG* 2]

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

Not according to Gleaner articles the last few months and some other people I have talked to today.....What I have heard today you sign up for it at the individual schools and have to show proof of hardship.

[SupportOAFJF 0]

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

Not according to Gleaner articles the last few months and some other people I have talked to today.....What I have heard today you sign up for it at the individual schools and have to show proof of hardship.

every school has a free lunch system as bad as it maybe in JA...yes u have to talk to the principal or the childs teacher. i'm sure they will have good information for yah..there is free lunch though..well I was going to school. it's not junk, it's nutritious..of course kids don't want it..they want what they see their friends eating or buying for $400/day...madness

[SupportOAFJF 0]

Hey Jay, how are things going ?

[brownnskinn 0]

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

Not according to Gleaner articles the last few months and some other people I have talked to today.....What I have heard today you sign up for it at the individual schools and have to show proof of hardship.

Really?

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

Not according to Gleaner articles the last few months and some other people I have talked to today.....What I have heard today you sign up for it at the individual schools and have to show proof of hardship.

every school has a free lunch system as bad as it maybe in JA...yes u have to talk to the principal or the childs teacher. i'm sure they will have good information for yah..there is free lunch though..well I was going to school. it's not junk, it's nutritious..of course kids don't want it..they want what they see their friends eating or buying for $400/day...madness

I bet...our madness ....

Even in middle and high school?

Edited January 4, 2008 by brownnskinn

[DonnaJay 0]

Hey Jay, how are things going ?

We are doing fine. The paper work seems to never stop. I'm ready to send in the AOS package except for the sealed envelope. We took the Certificate of Immunization to a civil surgeon last week. They could not transfer the information to the right form because the date could not be read. So we are trying to contact Dr. Banbury's office to have the certificate faxed or emailed to us with a date that is legible. In a couple of weeks I'll be dealing with federal taxes and the W-7.

[SupportOAFJF 0]

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

Not according to Gleaner articles the last few months and some other people I have talked to today.....What I have heard today you sign up for it at the individual schools and have to show proof of hardship.

Really?

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

Not according to Gleaner articles the last few months and some other people I have talked to today.....What I have heard today you sign up for it at the individual schools and have to show proof of hardship.

every school has a free lunch system as bad as it maybe in JA...yes u have to talk to the principal or the childs teacher. i'm sure they will have good information for yah..there is free lunch though..well I was going to school. it's not junk, it's nutritious..of course kids don't want it..they want what they see their friends eating or buying for $400/day...madness

I bet...our madness ....

Even in middle and high school?

even worse in HS cause when ur in HS they r like "women" and "men" they have to carry more money in their pockets and dem no tek regular buses they have to take taxi or excecutive buses

Hey Jay, how are things going ?

We are doing fine. The paper work seems to never stop. I'm ready to send in the AOS package except for the sealed envelope. We took the Certificate of Immunization to a civil surgeon last week. They could not transfer the information to the right form because the date could not be read. So we are trying to contact Dr. Banbury's office to have the certificate faxed or emailed to us with a date that is legible. In a couple of weeks I'll be dealing with federal taxes and the W-7.

glad to know..it's almost never ending..huh...

[*JG* 2]

Hey Jay, how are things going ?

We are doing fine. The paper work seems to never stop. I'm ready to send in the AOS package except for the sealed envelope. We took the Certificate of Immunization to a civil surgeon last week. They could not transfer the information to the right form because the date could not be read. So we are trying to contact Dr. Banbury's office to have the certificate faxed or emailed to us with a date that is legible. In a couple of weeks I'll be dealing with federal taxes and the W-7.

Ah, the joys of immigration.

Good to hear from you, Jay.

Never ending is right, Kimmy. I'm kind of stressed about lifting conditions this coming August. Where are you on all that stuff, Kimmy?

[SupportOAFJF 0]

Hey Jay, how are things going ?

We are doing fine. The paper work seems to never stop. I'm ready to send in the AOS package except for the sealed envelope. We took the Certificate of Immunization to a civil surgeon last week. They could not transfer the information to the right form because the date could not be read. So we are trying to contact Dr. Banbury's office to have the certificate faxed or emailed to us with a date that is legible. In a couple of weeks I'll be dealing with federal taxes and the W-7.

Ah, the joys of immigration.

Good to hear from you, Jay.

Never ending is right, Kimmy. I'm kind of stressed about lifting conditions this coming August. Where are you on all that stuff, Kimmy?

Jomo I am so pleased to say I have kissed immigration goodbye until we file for the girls..he got his 10yr greencard b/c we were married over 2yrs so they changed it at the POE JFK and we got his 10yr in the mail....sooo happy

[*JG* 2]

Hey Jay, how are things going ?

We are doing fine. The paper work seems to never stop. I'm ready to send in the AOS package except for the sealed envelope. We took the Certificate of Immunization to a civil surgeon last week. They could not transfer the information to the right form because the date could not be read. So we are trying to contact Dr. Banbury's office to have the certificate faxed or emailed to us with a date that is legible. In a couple of weeks I'll be dealing with federal taxes and the W-7.

Ah, the joys of immigration.

Good to hear from you, Jay.

Never ending is right, Kimmy. I'm kind of stressed about lifting conditions this coming August. Where are you on all that stuff, Kimmy?

Jomo I am so pleased to say I have kissed immigration goodbye until we file for the girls..he got his 10yr greencard b/c we were married over 2yrs so they changed it at the POE JFK and we got his 10yr in the mail....sooo happy

Now, that sounds heavenly. We'll be there later this year. Jomo's looking into naturalization the year after that. So, hopefully, I can say I waved it goodbye for good next year. I'm tired of the neverending paperwork and BS!

[SupportOAFJF 0]

Hey Jay, how are things going ?

We are doing fine. The paper work seems to never stop. I'm ready to send in the AOS package except for the sealed envelope. We took the Certificate of Immunization to a civil surgeon last week. They could not transfer the information to the right form because the date could not be read. So we are trying to contact Dr. Banbury's office to have the certificate faxed or emailed to us with a date that is legible. In a couple of weeks I'll be dealing with federal taxes and the W-7.

Ah, the joys of immigration.

Good to hear from you, Jay.

Never ending is right, Kimmy. I'm kind of stressed about lifting conditions this coming August. Where are you on all that stuff, Kimmy?

Jomo I am so pleased to say I have kissed immigration goodbye until we file for the girls..he got his 10yr greencard b/c we were married over 2yrs so they changed it at the POE JFK and we got his 10yr in the mail....sooo happy

Now, that sounds heavenly. We'll be there later this year. Jomo's looking into naturalization the year after that. So, hopefully, I can say I waved it goodbye for good next year. I'm tired of the neverending paperwork and BS!

ain't that the truth , yeah I forgot about citizenship, Kashi hasn't made up his mind yet on that

[Marlita 0]

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

Not according to Gleaner articles the last few months and some other people I have talked to today.....What I have heard today you sign up for it at the individual schools and have to show proof of hardship.

yeah this is new, since Golding got in office i believe. I remember hearing about it when I was down there during elections. Not sure how you go about getting it though.

[*JG* 2]

Somebody who knows the Jamaican school system, please tell me how children go about getting free lunch at school. Do they have to sign up, like here in the U.S.? Or is it just an automatic thing?

We've talked about this with my husbands daughter. Hubby said they have no such thing as "free lunch" They have to pay for it.

Not according to Gleaner articles the last few months and some other people I have talked to today.....What I have heard today you sign up for it at the individual schools and have to show proof of hardship.

yeah this is new, since Golding got in office i believe. I remember hearing about it when I was down there during elections. Not sure how you go about getting it though.

Here's a couple of links a Jamaican on another web site gave me. (Couldn't get the second one to work so well.)

PATH: Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education

http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=2529

The web site of the link attached has more details of the GOJ's poverty programmes.

http://www.npep.org.jm/Project_Progr...PATH/path.html

[Marlita 0]

Hey Jay, how are things going ?

We are doing fine. The paper work seems to never stop. I'm ready to send in the AOS package except for the sealed envelope. We took the Certificate of Immunization to a civil surgeon last week. They could not transfer the information to the right form because the date could not be read. So we are trying to contact Dr. Banbury's office to have the certificate faxed or emailed to us with a date that is legible. In a couple of weeks I'll be dealing with federal taxes and the W-7.

Actually Jay, I don't think you are eligible for W7 because your wife is eligible for a SSN. W7 is only if you are NOT eligible to file for a SSN. If she doesnt have her SSN yet, she will need to file for one instead of filing the W7.

[SupportOAFJF 0]

Lita free lunch was always avaibale since I went to school there..they are probably trying to make it "better"