Principal Mr. Cox and the Principal Advisory Committee had a meeting to discuss matters about the school and making some possible changes. One of the possible changes for the next school year is the switch from the current two lunches to one full lunch. PAC members have been asked about their opinions or concerns about the change.
One noticeable change will be the switch to one lunch, but students and teachers are concerned about the cafeteria not having enough space.
“I’m concerned that there won’t be enough space in the cafeteria,” teacher Kayla Bailey said. “It could be packed in there.”
To counteract Bailey’s concern, students will be able to eat outside, in the gym, or go eat with their teachers. Although, this brings up a concern for admin since students would have more freedom on where to eat.
“This strengthens my concerns about the one lunch,” said Bailey. “It’s great that students would have freedom, but students could eat at locker rooms or other places that wouldn’t be usually monitored.”
Another worry is that there will not be enough time for students to eat since the lunchline will be long.
“Another concern is how the time schedule will be,” said sophomore Bailey Splann. “The only concern that I have is how long the line will be.”
While people are concerned with how long the lunchline and scheduling will be, there are benefits for both teachers and students.
“I think changing to one lunch will definitely help me since I will have an extra 30 minutes to work on other things,” said Spanish II teacher Sharrone King. “I believe this also benefits students as well because they will be with their friends and don’t have to worry about being in a different lunch.”
Students would greatly benefit from this change, especially freshmen.
“I think that it’s mainly good for freshmen,” said sophomore Calla Rudolph. “ They wouldn’t have to worry about being in a different lunch due to electives.”
Both teachers and students both share almost similar opinions and concerns. The one lunch will be a big change to the school. Lunch will be switched to “A” lunch meaning that teachers will have an extra 30 minutes because there won’t be a “B” lunch anymore. Lunch will also open up to more places to not make the cafeteria so packed. Though, the concerns about the students needing to be monitored is still a concern with no kind of solution yet. Students, especially incoming freshmen, would not have to worry about being away from their friends. All-inclusive, teachers and students are up for the idea of changing the two lunches to one lunch.
“Overall it’s worth it,” said Rudolph. “More positives than negatives.”