Providing off campus lunches would decrease graduation rates and test scores because research shows that schools with off campus lunches have a low graduation rates. This is because students are coming tardy to class or they are not showing up at all. Denver public schools have mentioned the idea of closed campus lunches because of their horrible drop-out rates and poor rates of sending students to college after high school. The Denver Post mentions, “After all, if students aren’t in class, they can’t learn. And learning is more important than, say, grabbing a bag of Doritos” (1).…
Should schools have open campus lunch? Open campus lunch is when the student has the privilege to go out for lunch instead of being stuck with cafeteria lunches. Students should have an open campus lunch period because most of the time, students do not like their lunches, they find it unhealthy, or it is very pricey. School lunches are very costly. Students spent a lot of money over time on school lunches and it adds up to high amounts.…
Choosing a healthy lunch is your choice. You should not have to be forced to eat food that is not necessarily good for you, or cooked completely. Some schools…
Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) should start rewarding its high school honors students with an open campus lunch. Open campus lunch can be defined as a school policy that allows its high school students to go off the campus during their lunch period. Open campus lunch policy can be set only by the school themselves. With this policy, high school students are encouraged to perform well in the school to obtain the privilege of going off campus to grab a satisfying lunch instead of subpar cafeteria food. Open-campus lunch offers plenty of benefits.…
High schools all over the United States are debating where or not open campus lunches is a good idea. School lunch policies vary from school to school. High school students should be allowed to have an open lunch. The school lunch food is a problem for some students.…
Administration and faculty, Indian Land has now come to be very prosperous for restaurants and food establishments, allowing a variety of food selections, consumers are presented a diverse selection of food to consume and enjoy. Indian Land High School does offer students different choices of food selections from day to day; however, these selections are prepared in unhealthy methods and are not as nutritious as a meal from a restaurant. Qualified restaurants prepare healthy food for consumers to eat. Off campus lunches offer students something to look forward to in their eventful week of school. Off campus lunches should be allowed to students at least once a week.…
We all know that school provided lunches aren’t very good, so why not leave school for lunch? Students are always complaining about how bland as well as small school lunches are, so the best option to fix these complaints is to have an open lunch. Food isn’t just a basic component of survival, it’s also one of the many things that makes life enjoyable; but school lunches are neither nutritious or pleasing to eat. Open lunch should be allowed in Augusta High School because there are many benefits to it like more food options, boosting the local economy, and practicing time management skills. Students all need very nutrient dense meals since they are all both growing and expanding their knowledge.…
Argument Paper II The quality of school lunches has been a debated topic throughout this past decade. While some are advocating for healthier lunch options for students, others would prefer that lunch options stay fairly the same to offer a more diverse selection of foods. The opinion article “Healthy School Lunches Under Attack: Our View” written in 2015 by USA Today is a prime example of those in favor of healthier school lunches, and on the opposing side, “Provide Flexibility in the Lunchroom: Opposing View” written by the president of the School Nutrition Association Jean Ronnei in 2015, is an article discussing the possibility of school lunch mandates going too far. The articles provide interesting points on both sides of the argument, however, after reading both articles…
Benefits and Costs Changing the meal plan will benefit everyone. The results show 92 percent of the students that took part in the survey believe the food cost was too high. Lowering the cost so that students could get a “fair” amount of food would be beneficial because more students would want a meal plan. Switching back to the allotment would mean that the students could would a…
However, making healthy lunches is more time consuming for cafeteria staff and students. " This quote, along with many others, show quite accurately how people/students feel…
It barely holds for the next period after. Everyone knows it is hard to stay focused on an empty stomach. After being in class for hours, sitting in a drab cafeteria dawdles the day. If students were allowed to leave the school for lunch, then they could eat what they like, enjoy a refreshing break, and even be taught responsibility.…
The term “school lunch,” has had a negative connotation ever since I can remember. There’s much more to school lunch than gourmet salads or mystery meat. All over the United States schools serve lunch to a variety of different students, with different backgrounds, age groups and income. Just in one school the systematic arrangement of the lunch ladies and the policies set in place are just tiny specs of a much larger picture. The fact of the matter is, as children are developing they are being programmed and prepped for the rest of their lives.…
Is school lunch unhealthy because students nor parents are educated about it? Has there been any conducted research providing information that says school lunches are the main factor for these problems? Many questions are unanswered when wanting to know so. How are we sure the preventive ways given are the answer to our problems. It was not until July 2014 that, Ann Cooper, even found references to back up her saying.…
Being able to leave for lunch might give students the freedom that they think they deserve, but actually they are putting themselves in danger. Students benefit from what the school has to offer. School cafeterias have installed portion control to make sure each students gets the proper amount of nutrition they need. On healthyschools.com they said, “The goal is to teach parents how to be school health advocates and to become voluntary extensions of the school staff. The group has led schools across the Chicago Public School district to adopt school wellness policies that restrict access to competitive foods and challenge parents and school staff to find something other than junk food to serve at school events.”…
Certain kids have different experiences with their school’s lunches, but it’s safe to assume that the majority of children do not enjoy them one bit. At a school in LA, one child says “The healthier it gets the more disgusting it is” which is just another reason why healthy school lunches are not a good idea. Some children at the school can barely describe what “it” is. Kids want to eat what tastes good, not what tastes like garbage, no matter how good it is for them. It’s not just the taste though; it’s the serving size as well.…