Letters to the Editor 3-14-13

School nutrition
Editor: In my experience going through public schools it has been made very obvious to me that the schools don’t have any funds for basically anything. Budget Cuts are more and more apparent to a student who attend these schools. Such as suspending activities, classes, and cutting back on school days. One topic that sticks out to me is that as I have grown up fewer and fewer opportunities have come my way regarding school. But one in particular that affects my everyday life, I would say most of the high school campus would agree with me, that our school lunches are far from appetizing. As a kid I remember eating a nutritional lunch that could help the student grow big and strong. As I entered high school I didn’t realize that the older I got the more restricted I would be when enjoying my lunch.
If you have ever spent a day at my high school you would realize how horribly bad our food is. Say I was last in line to get food; there wouldn’t be a quarter of the amount to choose from if i was, say, first in line. Many things run out and most of the remaining food nobody wants to take. I am wondering why the government wants more healthy lunches, when I look at our food and think this has as much nutritional value as a handful of rocks, and tastes like so.
I propose healthier school lunches with actual nutritional value and more food offered in quantity, so when you are last in line, you don’t have to go hungry because the one burger thats left looks like it has plastic cheese on it. Most of our food looks flat, gray, and small, it could be compared to a mini cheese burger at McDonalds because I know that the French fires (which are soggy) and the three chicken strips (which look like they’ve been sitting for five days) have as much nutritional value as that mini cheese burger does. If I wanted to gain weight and enjoy what I was eating, I would go to McDonalds. If I wanted to gain weight and eat cardboard I would get a lunch at our school. Thank you for your consideration and time.
Natalie Horwath
Windsor