Students in lunch detention can be required to eat in the cafeteria in isolation or to bring their lunch to a classroom away from the cafeteria. Lunch detention can serve as an effective consequence because students typically enjoy spending their lunch period with their peers.

Are lunch detentions bad?

Often students receive lunch detention in the basement for ditching class or not obeying class rules. Teachers may keep someone in if they misbehave in class, distracting the people around them, or being disrespectful. Lunch detention is totally avoidable as long as you follow the rules at school.

Are detentions legal?

The law safeguards childrens’ and parents’ legitimate rights, and ensures reasonable limits on detention for children who misbehave. Schools do not have an unqualified right to impose detention: detentions must be reasonable and proportionate to the offence.