Jeff Spicoli might call it "totally bogus." The hero of the 1980s movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," who would sometimes have pizza delivered to his history class, would likely not be too pleased with the Pequannock Board of Education's decision to ban lunch deliveries to students.
Calling it a security issue, the board introduced a change in policy that would ban outside lunch deliveries from delis, pizzerias, and other food establishments.
"It's a situation that's become a little bit untenable," said Superintendent Maria Nuccetelli. "Too many unknown people are coming to the building."
Like most school districts across the country, Pequannock has taken a number of measures during the past few years to control access to school buildings. Students at the high school began wearing ID cards while in the building during school hours this past school year, for example.
Visitors to the school must be buzzed in and then check in at the front desk. The increasing number of lunch deliveries, however, has created concern that too many unknown people are getting access to the building.
"They are never the same person," Nuccetelli said.
School board Vice President Matt Tengi emphasized the updated policy does not affect students bringing their own lunches to school.
"We don't want anybody to freak out about their own lunches," Tengi said. "Students can still bring their own lunches."