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School Lunches

Many issues come up in school, many which evoke different emotions within the student body. Whether the issue is school start times, the gate being closed or school lunches, everybody has a different opinion. The article is to look at the issue of school lunches and how some students feel about lunch in general.
Some people like the food selection, others don’t. But there is one thing that can be agreed upon, lunches are getting more expensive. The cost of lunch has steadily increased over the last few years. Some foods have gone up a couple cents when others, such as cookies, have doubled in price. A school administrator was asked a few questions about the prices of lunch. When asked why the prices are increasing she said, “Well there are two big reasons why the school lunches have been rising in price. The first being the company that provides the lunch has increased their price, and the second being budget cuts among the district.”
Though many teachers buy the lunch, the majority of it is being eaten by students. Everyone has their favorite, may it be chicken patty sandwich, pasta or maybe corn dogs. Even though people have their favorite, they still may find lunch food is unsatisfactory. Some of the issues with lunch include the fact that you now must pay for some condiments, d lunch does not get a fair selection, and if he food is actually healthy as it is said. A few questions were asked to senior Zach Johnson about his overall opinion of the food. “My favorite thing about lunch,” he said,” is the friendly service at the registers. The staff is very kind and helpful.” Although he enjoyed the staff, he was not big on the selection of food. “The prices have gone way up for food that’s quality has gone down. When I was a freshman, food was fairly priced and tasted pretty good. There was a nice selection.” HE told us a couple changes he would make would be to drop costs, wider variety of food and make the people in flow through line quicker.
Another issue students have about lunch is D lunch. Many D lunch students find themselves with little to no variety of food. We went straight to the students on this one. Max Williams is a senior who has been in D lunch for most of his high school career. He has very strong opinions about lunch. He was asked about his overall opinion of the food and this is what he said; “I do not enjoy the food at all. Being in D lunch makes it difficult to enjoy. The food is never fresh. Many times it’s cold by the time we get it. Also, we are always given old substitutes because they don’t make enough for all lunches.” Max did have something positive to say about the lunch though. “I think the lunch is pretty healthy. The school has made a good effort to get the bad stuff out, and the good stuff in. There is a good variety of fruits and vegetables.”
Views on lunch vary from person to person, but one thing is for sure and that’s that this issue is all about personal opinion. You may love it or hate but in the end the school is responsible for feeding hundreds of children a day and that’s an important task.