OPINION: School Lunches Have Been Getting Worse

OPINION: School Lunches Have Been Getting Worse

Photo of a school lunch submitted by Destiny Simmons.

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The following was written and submitted by Destiny Simmons.

I have been going to Rock Springs High School for 3 years. The lunches have progressively gotten worse to the point I would rather go hungry then eat what they give or rack up my bill on food that isn’t even enough to call it any more than a snack.

It doesn’t give me any energy to get through the day. It doesn’t look appetizing half the time and it their breakfast is no better.

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What definitely doesn’t make sense is why they are making us (students) pay $3.30 for these small “meals.”

I understand some people will think “Well, if you don’t like what’s for lunch and if
breakfast isn’t enough then why don’t you just bring your own?”

Which is a very logical solution, but what about those kids that don’t have a choice, whether it be their parents don’t agree with it or a very low income.

Why should this be a meal for a high school student, when this is probably not even enough to feed a student at the junior high?

Photo of a school lunch submitted by Destiny Simmons.