BY ARMONI MORRIS, Sophomore
BLYTHEWOOD-- The disagreement between students and the school's federal policy on low calorie lunch has flared up into an opinionated war. Students are perturbed with the school’s new policy regarding lunch.
“I know it’s a privilege to get school lunch, but it should be better,” Sophomore Jelani Kirven said.
Students get the option to choose between a fruit or vegetable. Research from the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act states over the past years 56% of food has been thrown away by students, that they only eat the entrees and not the healthy side food according to United States Department of Food and Nutrition Service.
In 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama started a “Let’s Move” campaign to decrease the level of obesity in the United States. Even though the campaign has not been growing as fast in the past years; in 2030 the states hope to decrease obesity to 5%.
All school lunch must meet with the expectation of having a low calorie meat option or a type of bean.
Students have complained that the meat is a mystery.
“The meat here is okay, but I’m just worried that the meat is not meat, if you catch my drift,” Sophomore Jessica Plair said.
Some students disagree with that assertion saying that the food meets its standard of price.
“I can’t complain about how much the food costs or the meat because it meets my standards. I think it’s pretty good,” Sophomore Imari Addison said.
Now underclassmen are finding seniors to go off campus to get them lunch or asking parents to get them lunch in the morning.
“I wish it would go back to the way it used to be, but the policy doesn’t work like that,” Addison mentioned.
Hopefully things will change over time and the school lunch will get better.
