Lunch one: Is it too early? (Editorial)
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Students during lunch one in the Swartz cafeteria.
Carlisle High School has three lunch periods in the school day. Many students have complained that lunch three is too late in the day, but has anyone considered that lunch one is too early?
Those who are in lunch one have to eat lunch at 10:40 A.M. which is too early. When the students arrive at 7:30 A.M. and must stay until 2:45 P.M., it is unreasonable to eat at that time. If you eat that early, you should be allowed to eat during other classes throughout the day. Sadly, our student handbook states that food is only permitted in the cafeteria; however most teachers allow there to be special cases.
Athletes, for example, need to be hydrating and the correct nutrition throughout the day to be able to perform at the highest level possible. Student athletes who have lunch one usually have less energy for practices and games then those who have either lunch two or three.
Recently we had a poll up on our website and Twitter page asking what others think on this topic. It is not surprising that 81% of our Twitter voters said that it was too early.
However the poll on the website had a much closer battle. The side with the most votes remained the same with lunch one being too early receiving 56% of the votes.
The ideal time to eat is during lunch two but we have too many students here at CHS to have all the students eat at once. CHS has a real dilemma here figuring out how to get all the students to eat but having lunch at 10:40 A.M. should not be the answer.
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Meg Tate is currently a senior at Carlisle High School and this is her third year in Periscope and is the Sports Editor. Meg is a member of the Senior...
Hayden Rowe • Dec 9, 2016 at 11:01 am
I had lunch 1 during my freshman and sophomore years. Never once did I treat it like a lunch. I always waited until lunch to eat my “breakfast,” then I proceeded to eat real lunch when I got home. The issue I always faced was the strong hunger pains I got when I got home but I knew dinner would be ready soon but by 6:00, I would not have eaten since 10:30. My Junior and Senior year; I had lunch 2 and it was awesome. It matches up with my schedule when I am outside of school and I only have a few classes after it. It is full of wonderful people and I’ve had the opportunity to eat with friends in Mr. Bigelow’s room, where everyone is welcome.
Sarah Thompson • Dec 9, 2016 at 8:23 am
interesting view on lunch one, Meg, you are so smart! I think that lunch one is definitely too early, especially since some kids eat breakfast at 10:40 on the weekends.
Jessica Burley • Dec 9, 2016 at 8:14 am
Lunch 2 is always the best to have. I had lunch 1 my freshman year and it was just awful. Lunch 3 seems ok to me because then most of your classes are over before lunch. Lunch 1 brought me down freshman year because I had so many classes after lunch and I wanted a break. The school needs to find a happy medium with that. It might be impossible though