Reasons Why Students ShouldnT Pay For School Lunch

One in six children in the United States do not know when they will get their next meal. Children who are facing hunger struggle in school, are more likely to repeat a grade, have developmental concerns and have behavioral problems. The National School Lunch Program has brought meals to millions of children from food insecure families for free or reduced rates.

Do you think your school needs improvements? I think my school has a few, but the lunches are easily the most recognizable. The school board should change our lunches because they are microwaved, they are not filling, and the school lunches have the same thing every day of the week. Seriously, none of the kids like them, so just get us brand named foods.

People live in a complex world where things are never as simple as they seem. Officials agree that in order for students to perform well in school, their basic needs have to be met (in conjunction with the ideas of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs). While schools may not be able to provide a safe place to sleep or warm clothing during the winter, they can provide a healthy, nutritious meal. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, the number of children under 18 years of age living below the federal poverty level of $23,550 for a family of four represent 21.1% of the population (“Child Poverty,” n.d.). The National Lunch Act and its subsequent revisions have sought to mitigate the effects of hunger. Unfortunately, there are other circumstances that affect the desired outcomes of serving a balanced meal to students in need.

This results in tiredness and crabbiness. Healthy and tasty food selections should be given during lunch time and are given. Most schools sell food that are popular and interest the students to eat (@Aschenbrenner). Even doctors have agreed that junk foods affect the body in negative ways. So why take the risk and sell them to students? Because the kids want to eat stuff like that. Also, schools’ have budgets. These budgets are to help the whole school get what they need. They have enough money to buy certain amounts of food. The other money goes to the school faculty, maintenance, and campus structure. The school does not have money to serve the entire world or anything. Parents at home do all they can to serve the most nutritious and healthiest food to their kids. The school’s job isn’t to feed the kids but to teach them math, science, ELA, history, etc. All in all, schools and school boards are trying really hard to give students the

We have school lunches because some children at home are not provided school lunches. Some children look forward to school lunches, because that’s all they have. Over 13 million live in insecure households with little food. Also we have school lunches because it improves academic performance. Keeping kids healthy and in shape can help them focus and learn more.

Being the petty teenager I am, I decided to research the weaknesses revolving around America's current public school lunch program after getting into an argument regarding the healthfulness of school meals. I was called a picky eater for virtually refraining school meals from entering my diet for the past few years, whereas I concluded that a majority of my peers would agree that our school lunch program is far from desirable. To support my claim, I began to research school lunches and its correlation to child obesity. I also went into detail on the impact of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and how governmental mandates have shaped our system. However, I also discussed the unhealthy and wasteful mindset about food our children obtain and carry from their experiences as a student. Finally, I critiqued the school meal programs of other modern countries to help point out possible approaches to fixing the system.

Many people believe that students have plenty of time to sit down and consume their food, but sadly for students at CHS who attend A lunch do not have that luxury. We should have a longer A lunch at CHS, because students who have A lunch only have about 18 minutes to eat there food, and it's absolute chaos and obviously not enough room.

There is no denying that this is true, but a school lunch is just one of 3 meals a child will eat during the day, not to mention any snacks that take place in between. The point is that a school lunch might be healthy, but that doesn’t mean the child will automatically become healthier. With lunch being the only meal that can be controlled by the government, it is being taken advantage of. Making 1 meal healthier won’t solve much. Another argument for healthy school lunches is that it promotes academic achievement. Sara Ipatenco of Livestrong.com says that “Some of the choices in the school cafeteria, including cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets, are high in saturated fat and sodium, which can leave your child feeling tired and uncomfortable after eating. This can lead to distraction and an inability to focus in the classroom” which is also a true statement. Even though these lunches might make children tired and uncomfortable, an argument can be made that leaving children hungry and not feeling good after eating something they don’t enjoy could have a similar effect. Being hungry in the classroom can cause a child to lose attention just as much as being tired would be. In neither option can the student properly focus in a controlled learning environment. Teaching nutrition is also a factor involved in a healthy school lunch. But this point isn’t

Schools should change how they serve lunches. I have a couple of reasons for this. The first thing that the school should do is change how we serve food by placing everything out like a salad bar. The second reason why I think they should change is the lunch ladies wouldn't have to worry about students complaining about the food as much.

During our lunch periods, we should be allowed to leave school grounds and buy our own lunch. This should be allowed because to buy lunch every day depends if you have enough .money, and learning how to mange it will be very useful in the future. Most of Americans do not know how to manage their money resulting in losing more than they should have, so with just little experienced can make a difference. In addition every lunch period has a time

I believe students should have a say in the lunch menu. If students helped make the lunch menu more students would eat their lunches. They would be happier, and they would not complain about what they are having for lunch. If we have cheerful, and full students then we all have a better day. Twenty-four out of twenty-five students in the 8th grade class say they would rather help make the lunch menu than not. A lot of kids throw away most of their food and waste it, or students are bringing their own lunches now.

There have been on occasion when I was at grade school that I have seen at least one of the teachers giving a student money for the student’s lunch. Another close encounter that I can recall is when one of my close friends couldn’t afford a school lunch and I told her I would share my free lunch with her, and that we could just split the whole thing, thus she wouldn’t go famished through the rest of the school day. There has to be way more incidences such as these in Americas public schools because these public schools are reporting that they lose an estimate of about $350,000.00 dollars in school funds annually in unpaid debts , and one of those reasons is teacher giving students money when the students need it. If we could provide free lunches

I think that the school should serve fast food for lunch because it will help many students in academics. When a student eats normal school lunch they always complain that "It tastes bad","Gross", "I think I am going to throw up". If students complain about the food 90% of the time they will not eat it, which leads to an empty stomach, then they will have to break rules by asking other students to share some of their food. Many students eat the school food, and they end up throwing up because of the bad quality food, and when you throw up it takes at least 10-20 minutes to go back to class, which means that the student falls short of class time.

Students learn and do their best when they are hungry, and uncomfortable! That makes perfect sense right? If you’re like most Americans, this may be one of the most ridiculous statements you have ever heard. I know I have never done anything better hungry. Many students sit through their lunch time at school because they have no food to eat because they don’t have the money to afford it, or they are not able to bring food from home for various reasons. This is why many schools have free and reduced lunch programs. But not everybody can apply for these programs; even middle class families in today’s economy sometimes can’t give their child cash every day. Times are tough, and every family is different. These are good programs, but they are

I agree that banning lunch shaming law should be passed out because this will be beneficial to the school, and to the students themselves. How this would benefit the school that there wouldn’t be a problem keeping a student focused as they are fully fed, they are more focused to the subject that teachers are teaching. Furthermore, this could also benefit the students as well. This would help the children who can’t afford to pay for the school lunch a better health performances. This may help the population grow, and more geniuses can be found around the world.