Years ago, the Clearwater site allowed their students to either walk or bike to a certain destination over the lunch hour for food, known as open campus. The last time this was available was my 7th grade year. Nowadays, school lunches are lacking. As high school students, we are always running and gunning and burning endless amounts of energy. When school lunch comes around, us students have a large appetite. School lunches will definitely not fill up a hungry student. What is the perfect solution? Allow open campus. This will allow students to run to the local quickshop, or their homes to grab a more desirable lunch. I intend to take my proposals to the school board and discuss possible outcomes for this situation. Proposing this idea to student body, we could take the open campus proposal and fight for the luxury. All in all, open campus will open options for better lunches, resulting in more satisfied students. Every school has those super picky eaters.
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If you were to ask me who the pickiest eater I knew was, I would answer my younger sister Emma. I swear her diet consists of macaroni and sugar. Everyone under the moon knows that school lunches are far from great. For example, the other day our lunch announcement said we having cheeseburgers. Me being the big eater I am, got a little excited. Come lunchtime I am awaiting what I think will be this thick, juicy, savory chunk of beef. Once I arrive at the end of the line I see a thin, black, piece of… rubber? Yes, I said it; rubber. No, the patties are not made out of rubber, at least I hope not. These so called hamburgers contain no real beef. The patties themselves are compiled of unknown artificial ingredients. In a recent interview with a senior classmate of mine, Tristen Sanne, I asked, “What are your thoughts on open campus?” Sanne replied, “I believe open campus is a great opportunity for students to have due to the fact that a student might not always prefer what is being served for lunch at the school that day. If that is the case the student may run home or to the quick shop and grab more desirable food for lunch that day” (Sanne). Sanne makes a valid point. If a student were not a fan with what was being served they could quickly run elsewhere and grab other food. There is an endless amount of school lunch regulations these days to try and better student’s health. I know everyday during lunch we have a school cook that will stand at the end of the line making sure we have at least one vegetable and one fruit. Although schools are working to make lunches healthier, they can not always succeed. According to an article from Occupy Theory, “students who ate school lunches are more likely to be obese or overweight” (Occupy Theory). This comes to no surprise to me. This is due to the fact that the artificial foods are loaded with large amounts of trans fat. Many organizations are working to make lunches healthier, but that is obviously not working in some cases. Students should be allowed to express their diet and have healthy options. If students were allowed open campus they would have the freedom to explore their diet and potentially eat healthier and more beneficial food. I would utilize this privilege tremendously. Living only 7 blocks from school, I would run home quick and put together a big bowl of salad, or throw some leftover lasagna in the microwave. The one year I was actually allowed open campus, I was running home over lunch at least 3 times a week. Again, I was as a seventh grader with limited culinary skills. Thankfully my mother was home most of those days and provided me with a good meal. Open campus is not used for the sole purpose of the lack in school lunches. Kids will be kids and more than likely forget anything you can think of, including myself. The number of times I have forgotten something important at home is immeasurable. Open campus would be a perfect opportunity for a student to run home over the lunch hour for a bite to eat and to grab the homework they forgot. Open campus has many
If you were to ask me who the pickiest eater I knew was, I would answer my younger sister Emma. I swear her diet consists of macaroni and sugar. Everyone under the moon knows that school lunches are far from great. For example, the other day our lunch announcement said we having cheeseburgers. Me being the big eater I am, got a little excited. Come lunchtime I am awaiting what I think will be this thick, juicy, savory chunk of beef. Once I arrive at the end of the line I see a thin, black, piece of… rubber? Yes, I said it; rubber. No, the patties are not made out of rubber, at least I hope not. These so called hamburgers contain no real beef. The patties themselves are compiled of unknown artificial ingredients. In a recent interview with a senior classmate of mine, Tristen Sanne, I asked, “What are your thoughts on open campus?” Sanne replied, “I believe open campus is a great opportunity for students to have due to the fact that a student might not always prefer what is being served for lunch at the school that day. If that is the case the student may run home or to the quick shop and grab more desirable food for lunch that day” (Sanne). Sanne makes a valid point. If a student were not a fan with what was being served they could quickly run elsewhere and grab other food. There is an endless amount of school lunch regulations these days to try and better student’s health. I know everyday during lunch we have a school cook that will stand at the end of the line making sure we have at least one vegetable and one fruit. Although schools are working to make lunches healthier, they can not always succeed. According to an article from Occupy Theory, “students who ate school lunches are more likely to be obese or overweight” (Occupy Theory). This comes to no surprise to me. This is due to the fact that the artificial foods are loaded with large amounts of trans fat. Many organizations are working to make lunches healthier, but that is obviously not working in some cases. Students should be allowed to express their diet and have healthy options. If students were allowed open campus they would have the freedom to explore their diet and potentially eat healthier and more beneficial food. I would utilize this privilege tremendously. Living only 7 blocks from school, I would run home quick and put together a big bowl of salad, or throw some leftover lasagna in the microwave. The one year I was actually allowed open campus, I was running home over lunch at least 3 times a week. Again, I was as a seventh grader with limited culinary skills. Thankfully my mother was home most of those days and provided me with a good meal. Open campus is not used for the sole purpose of the lack in school lunches. Kids will be kids and more than likely forget anything you can think of, including myself. The number of times I have forgotten something important at home is immeasurable. Open campus would be a perfect opportunity for a student to run home over the lunch hour for a bite to eat and to grab the homework they forgot. Open campus has many