Open Lunch?

Dominic Belmares

Journalism I

Students leaving school during lunch to choose other food options and then returning.

            This is the new debate that has come to a head this year at North High. Students are for it, some teachers are on the fence, and administration has mixed feelings. Administration commented that, “If my children are going to school, I want them to stay in school.” Teachers however are more open to the idea. “If it was based on your GPA and how many tardies you have, and clear set rules for returning, I would be more open to the idea.” School teachers who undecided gave the argument for and against. Stating that “It is a safety issue if I don’t know who my child might be driving with. However, Tartan has open lunch and it’s unfair if we are in the same district and we don’t have it. It’s a double standard.”

            As we can all assume students are going crazy for the idea, but what students are coming up with is impressing teachers and staff.

            Students are willing to work for this privilege and even stating that it should be a reward.

Robert Oberfrank, 12, says, “ Over crowded lunch rooms and lines leave sometimes only five minutes to eat lunch! It should be a reward. If we left we could get a variety of foods. I think I earned it.”

            Yesenia Pattorson, 12, also thinks it should be a reward based on your GPA and tardies. “It should be based on tardies. If you want to be able to leave for lunch, you need to make it to class on time.”

            Mr Simms, an English, Journalism, and Myth and Legends teachers here at North, says, “I’ve heard it works well at other schools.”

            With more support and still growing, some are calling for a test run. Try it for a trimester and see how the system works. If you have something students want to work for, it is an incentive to bring up your grades.