School Lunches

By Audrey Harris (author) and Olivia Zazzara (creative director)

“Soggy spring rolls, undercooked chicken, and overall, bad flavors.” – Ross Middle Schooler

Harris, Audrey and Zazzara, Olivia. “School Lunches.” The RossBear Post, 30 August 2022, p. 1

Most students at Ross School agree that the old school lunch program was much better than the new one. Near the end of school in 2019, Covid struck, causing school to go online for more than a year. This temporarily suspended the need for school lunches. Luckily, or maybe unluckily, in 2020 students were permitted to return to school in person. First attending for two hours, then four, and finally, after spring break, six. Many things were returned to what they were pre-covid, school lunches, however, were not. The old lunch program had been replaced with a new one from a nearby school, Branson. Unfortunately, many considered this new lunch system to be inferior to the previous brand. It did not meet the standards of the old school lunch, despite the superior quality.

“The amount of food waste concerns me” – Mr. Feazell

Harris, Audrey and Zazzara, Olivia. “School Lunches.” The RossBear Post, 30 August 2022, p. 1

Just by looking at the compost bin during lunch, one can see the results of the unpopular produce. An enormous amount of food is wasted. Some groups. quote from www.worldwildlife.org shows, “When we waste food, we also waste all the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, transport, and package it. And if food goes to the landfill and rots, it produces methane—a greenhouse gas even more potent than carbon dioxide.” At the end of the day, the pros of the new school lunch are outweighed by the cons.