polarbear--she has a lunch box that she takes in to school every day. It has non-perishable food like cereal, packaged crackers, and beef sticks. She brings the same food back and forth every day. I'm not sure if she bothers taking her lunch box into the cafeteria, but at least I'm sending it with her. I'll tell her she should at least take her lunch into the cafeteria so that people calm down about it. She also has money in her lunch acct. that she can use whenever. But I told her not to buy a lunch unless she plans to eat it.