the problem is it's a government contractor that does it- so the food is the cheapest possible.

i used to go to a school with mcdonalds and taco bell... that was sweet.

now i'm stuck with the same old government issued lunch.

we're not even allowed to sell pizza for fundrasiers- you aren't allowed to have competition with the lunchroom. monopoly, anyone? great, i'll be the hat.

Err.. well I think the main thing to point out is that school lunches aren't standardized.. I know that we get food from restaurants every day, and the school does offer healthy food for us..

My question is.. do you think school lunches should be standardized throughout? And if so.. what kind of foods should be offered?

School lunch should be abolished. All it is is a tool for greedy corporations like Heinz to make more money off the backs of the working class...

they are within school systems. each system hires a contractor to provide the lunches.

high school lunches were a bad experience for me... but once i got to college, school meals are pretty good! obviously because we pay more for the fees and all that.. the least they could do is give decent meals!

The lunch at my school is awesome. We have things like curly fries and stuff. ^___^

So what? Everyone should be forced to bring their own lunch?


Err... we don't...


*cough* very unhealthy *cough*

my schools food is ok but ya its not that great.. i mean it could b better but since ill start driving i dont have to eat that crap they call food

Well, it's served in small portions. Also, we're supposed to pick out either a fruit or vegetable side with every entre... (sp?).

well, my school lunch sucks.

they're plastic in the pizza. the pizza comes with a saran wrap topper that is left on when baking. it melts.

all in all, i guess it depends on your school.

I usually bring my lunch, but sometimes I order Chinese food or pizza, or walk to Subway with my friends. It's good that our school lets us order, the food there stinks.

Goshness...I go to a school in San Marino...and we don't get prison food. We get prison LEFTOVERS! >.< Ugh...how I hate it.

Hm..just bring your own food. I don't know. I'm fine with it.

schools around here have open lunches which means that the kids can just go into town to get whatever the hell they want... i really wish my school would have done that

eh- the school lunch at my school isn't too bad. sometimes i eat there but i can also eat out too.

I don't eat at school.

Prison leftovers...ewww. That's not right.

But the food at my school is all right I dont mind eating it. I wish we had an open lunch like someone said that would be nicer.

instead of havin crappie lunch dat no one bothers 2 get........ n da skoo wastes da money, dey should invest in givin us REAL DELICIOUS FOOD!

this year they raised the price on most of the food.. so its like AHH.. some of it is pretty good.. the pizza is alright and i get free lunch so its all good... yeah.. i like fries.

My high school where I graduated from sold food from other restaurants... they had uhhmm... Pizza Hut and Subway

ours was off campus..but then they closed it, had alot of food from other fast food restaurants but the crappy kind

Well cafeteria food is cheap. What else do you expect? You get what you pay for. I mean i seriously doubt any public high school staffs only "chefs". That would be more expensive to staff those kinds of people. They probably hire who ever can press the "on" button for stoves/fryers. That, usually, are stay at home moms. We actually get chinese food every WED. Although the price from school lunch to chinese food more than doubles. Plus schools are required to keep their lunches healthy and not too fattening. I remember when they took off the chicken sandwich because it was unhealthy. I suppose schools that dont have restaurant foods just dont want to deal with all that nutrition stuff. Now i just read an article about taking away soft drinks and vending machines in jr high and high school.

As for me, I eat w/e is in the vending machines and chinese on WED. I'll occasionally eat school lunches. Only if i didn't eat dinner last night.

I don't know what your schools are like, but we can get McDonald's, Taco Bell, Subway, and KFC -- but that might have something to do with the fact that this school is one of the biggest in the midwest.

if you pay more for your tuition maybe you'll get better food i meant if EVERYONE pay more. am i right?

We used to get catered food.

agh, i havent had school lunch for years cause its so disgusting and not attracting at all..to me at least so usually my lunch would be the vending machines

i got mad today cuz i used to have free lunch and then i'd get a spicy chicken on the side and NOW i have to pay 1.80 for normal lunch.. i wanted to slap someone....

i'd always had Free Lunch....

like uniforms it should depend upon the status of the community. I also believe that everyone should hear 'lunchlady land' by adam sandler

It doesn't matter for me. lol I only get cafeteria food when the ones I prefer are not there. Besides, sometimes they serve chick-fil-a. Yum :D

wow for once i actually agree with my sister

School lunches are not the best food i eat but im happy for what i get Sometimes i dun like it cuz the food contains too many fat stuff.

- Tran -

Meh...I'm one with supplying with my own lunch... MREs all the way!!!!!

my school lunches are retarded. they're catered and almost always chicken. they recently added pizza hut ^^. the personal pan kine

cafeteria food is gross. we shouldn't pay for crap.

Haha where?