The Benefits Of School Lunches In High Schools

How much time do you usually take to eat lunch? A half an hour maybe more? Well, at the Mount Pleasant High School, we get around five minutes. Saying were rushed is an understatement, at the least. The amount of time we get, from the first bell, to the ending bell, we have "20 minute." By the time we actually get to start eating, there's five minutes left. I think the Mt. Pleasant High School should have a longer lunch period, because collectively all around it helps staff and students.

What is does every kid look forward to during their school day? Lunch and recess. What kids eat at lunch reflects on the rest of their day. That includes energy levels, academic performance, and how much they engage. Meaning a poor lunch that is high in fats and lacking nutrition results in a sluggish child and some claim is a factor of the childhood obesity epidemic. School lunches should be reevaluated to provide students with a nutrient balance diet to help supply children with healthy brain functions to increase productivity in school, promotes beneficial future eating habits which can prevent further obesity issues in children, and it promotes an increase of attendance. To change what the schools here in the United States serve children food we have to take a deeper look into who is in charge, analyze the current standards and policies, and compare it to what a proper diet should be for children.

In a recent survey 81% of students reported they were late to class because the passing period was too short and they either had to use the restroom or there class is too far away. Students should be able to have longer passing periods for restroom usage, and to have a little nutritional snack before the next class. If students had more time, they’d have time to get prepared for the next class. Lastly there would be less detention slips given out. Since they are so short students are upset because they are tardy and have to go to detention.

School lunches have been getting shorter since 2009 in many places in the US. Students academics have been decreasing also since the school lunch times have been getting shorter. School lunches should be at least 1 hour long to give students enough time to eat an healthy meal and to get enough time to burn off energy.

HELP! I'm dying!... because school lunches are cringing! Students should be allowed to leave class during lunch hours, and be trusted to leave and return back in time for their next class. If high schools gave students this right it would teach them how to manage their time wisely and it would help them become responsible. Students who leave campus during lunch are most likely end up going to a local business to get their lunch which is both good for the students and the local businesses. Students with special food allergies could leave campus during lunch and go to their homes and get food they could actually eat and not be worried that their food could have been cross contaminated to something they're allergic to. Students who leave campus during lunch would come back energized and ready for their next classes.

During an open campus lunch break student can either go home to get food, go to a restaurant or a fast food place. Open campus lunch is a good idea for students in high school in grades 10 through 12 and the occasionally students in 9th grade because, it would save schools money by not having to make much food, kids could have better food, it gives the students some free time, and it gives them a chance to have more responsibility and independence. It would also give students a little bit of freedom and a break from their classes. It is a privilege to be able to go off campus for lunch. If students are not back in class after the given amount of time or in their next class, punish them. School lunches

School districts would need to figure out the amount of time for students to take care of businesses and “how long it will take them to get their lunches and sit down” (ForceChange). A longer lunch would not only allow students to finish their meals, but it will also allow the lunch staff to prepare a more fresh and hot meal to all students. Even though the amount of time in each class would decrease, in order for students to have more energy, become more attentive, and less tired during class, school districts must allow longer lunch periods. Teachers may have difficulty covering all of class material; therefore, they would need to plan a more fast but efficient way to cover material. This would allow their grades, academic learning, and class participation to increase.

It would make the lunch ladies life easier, the volunteers who make sure the lines are straight in lunch and of course you, Principal, since there wouldn’t be as many problems caused in lunch with almost half of them out of campus. It would help the school save money on free lunch and help purchase other stuff for the school like supplies for both students and teachers. Most 11th and 12th graders are mature enough to know what is right and what is wrong, meaning they will come back once they are finished eating.

When I say time, I mean students getting to school on time, classes starting on time and transition time between classes. For some classes there is about a 10 minute gap between when class actually starts and when class is supposed to start according to the schedule. This leaves a lot of “free time” in between certain classes or inside of a classroom without nothing going on because the teacher has not started instructional time. As a student I love it, but as a principle I would feel as though the school is losing productivity with a teacher just sitting in another room or not even being there at all while the students loiter or just aimlessly wonder through the hallways or sit in front of the door. Another thing I find to be interesting is how some students leave during lunch to make sure they get to class on time while the teacher is still down the hill in the main building, I don’t take that class but what do the students do while they are up there and their teacher is down here? Do they go into the class room and just sit up there by themselves? Or do they do the same thing some of the students in the RVEC building do and just sit outside door. As a student I don’t know what goes on like that, but as a principle I would think that is another way lunch time transitions can be better managed so that the students and teachers are where they need to be when class needs to

Many public school students on average only get about 20 minutes or less to eat there lunch. Because of that about 1/4 of students lunches will not get eaten and it will get thrown away. School lunches should be longer for many reasons, but the main reasons that school lunches should be longer is because students would be able to have healthier meals, students who have a longer lunch do better in school and because students would have more time to  socialize with each other. Longer lunches in school would have many benefits for students.

If we had a six to twelve minute longer lunch at P.D.C.M.S., students would be outside more. Since lunch is one of the two sections of the regular school day that students are outside, having a one to two minute longer lunch would make the people whose parents or guardians say they don't get outside enough be outside when they might not get any exercise at home and just play video games.

School lunches are important because it affects the health, lifestyle, and education of kids. Kids need nutrients in school lunches because then they can become healthy and grow up to be strong and healthy adults. School lunches are also important because by eating healthy, it will give kids energy throughout the rest of their day. Kids will also be able to focus in school because healthy lunches will help kids stay alert and their grades will improve. If kids are eating unhealthy school lunches, they will not be able to focus in school because they are not getting the nutrients they need. Healthy school lunches will prevent kids from becoming obese and healthy school lunches will improve the health of kids. The medical cost would also be

Right now, I believe that all the students of Labre have the equal and same amount of lunch times. Although having a longer lunchtime sounds good, but really it’s not. I believe, the lunch times with all grades (pre-k to High school) would get too tied together and too bunched up. The longer lines, kids running around,

School lunches can be gross sometimes. We should have the opportunity to leave the campus during our lunch period. Off school campus lunch could save the school money, give students a short break, and this would be great for the students who skip lunch because they don’t want to eat school lunch. Some might think the students may not return or could get in trouble when off campus, but I disagree.

No one can disagree with me on this. I personally could get almost every kid and every teacher in Snow Canyon Middle School to sign a petition saying that they want a longer lunch hour. Why cant we all just be happy, and have a longer lunch hour? Is that just too much to ask? I wouldn’t think so. It’s only a few more minutes. Who is that going to hurt? And if it does hurt anyone then what would it do to them? Everyone should just get their way, and have a longer lunch hour. If you think about it, it’s more of a holy hour. Time away from everyone and everything. How great life would be with that holy hour. That is why we should have a longer ‘holy hour’. So everybody who is anyone