Excessive use of online food-delivery apps by students at a Surrey high school has prompted administrators to ban ordering food during class time.

But while the step isn91裸聊视频檛 exactly new, district officials say the need for it is somewhat unique to the Semiahmoo Peninsula in South Surrey.

91裸聊视频淭here has been the odd occasion over the years where a student has ordered a food delivery at a secondary school, but more recently, with online apps that open up options, some schools have seen such deliveries increase or become more regular,91裸聊视频� district spokesman Doug Strachan told Peace Arch News Wednesday.

91裸聊视频淎 few other secondary schools I have asked say there were a few deliveries earlier in the year, but it appears the novelty wore off, and it didn91裸聊视频檛 become an issue they had to address. It91裸聊视频檚 possible other secondary schools have had the issue crop-up, but it appears only Semi and Elgin have had an ongoing, growing and more widespread issue that staff had to address in a more systemic way.91裸聊视频�

Semiahmoo Secondary vice-principal Debbie Johnson said Wednesday that the reminder 91裸聊视频� which Strachan confirmed is not a district-wide policy 91裸聊视频� was most recently delivered to students in early October.

Johnson told PAN that students have been told they can91裸聊视频檛 leave class to meet a delivery driver for a pickup 91裸聊视频揵ut they haven91裸聊视频檛 been told they can91裸聊视频檛 use the apps, 91裸聊视频渁s long as the food that they91裸聊视频檙e ordering arrives before school, or at lunch or after school, and isn91裸聊视频檛 delivered on school property.91裸聊视频�

Apps such as SkipTheDishes, Uber Eats and DoorDash offer on-demand delivery from area restaurants 91裸聊视频� including Subway, Tim Hortons and Afghan Kitchen 91裸聊视频� through freelance drivers who receive a small fee per trip.

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The orders became an issue at Semi as office staff began to find themselves inundated with 91裸聊视频渂ags and bags91裸聊视频� of midday meals on a daily basis, Johnson said, estimating that at the beginning of the school year, there were up to a dozen deliveries a day.

91裸聊视频淲e were finding that lots of food-delivery companies were coming to the office, and so then it becomes sort of a logistical thing that now gets dumped on the office,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚f the kids weren91裸聊视频檛 coming to pick it up, then it was sitting in the office.

91裸聊视频淲e said, we can91裸聊视频檛 have this happening.91裸聊视频�

There is also a concern with having a flow of unknown adults through the school91裸聊视频檚 doors, she said.

Johnson noted the school does have a cafeteria that offers 91裸聊视频渓ots of choice,91裸聊视频� and acknowledged that as more and more apps are developed, students91裸聊视频� choices are expanding.

Choices, however, are not the problem, she said.

91裸聊视频淲e don91裸聊视频檛 have a problem with kids having choice. It91裸聊视频檚 about the disruption that it causes.

91裸聊视频淭he message is, we want kids in class.91裸聊视频�

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