School Lunch

Sep 07, 2017 · 25 comments
Makena Liney (King of Prussia, PA)
I would describe out school lunches as flavorless. Schools try to make the bread whole grain and the vegetables unprocessed but it just takes away the flavor. I do not think that schools serve the correct portion. Guys and girls in sports, who need a lot of energy, need the right portion of food to keep them going. My favorite food at my school are the hoagies. While my least favorite is the pizza.
Allen (2775 TEC)
I have only been a part of one school district, so I can't compare it to other schools. The schools I have attended do serve supplementary, or even filling food. What is the point of eating the food which is filled with processed junk with no benefit? Also, being a tall person with a big stomach, I eat more than an average portion. The problem is that the lunches aren't even average size. A large lunch here would be three small chicken strips, a few fries, and an obviously mass-produced fruit. Just as an example, The bananas don't change color. They will go for weeks without browning. There is too much trash in the food that schools are feeding their students. (Especially for almost $3 a meal!)
Chiaki T (New York, NY )
This 4th grade kid tells all about school lunches at public school in NY. https://vimeo.com/43793321 I have never eaten any of those but my son, who went to a public school in NY, watched and agreed that school lunch is just like what's been shown in the film. They are not things to put in your mouth, especially to children who create the future. Japan and France have a wonderful school lunch system that the U.S. government could use as a good example.
a.hernandez (alexandria va)
i dont relly like the food but i like some of the food
Emely Garcia (Alexandria VA)
The lunch is fine but sometimes it's very oily or very hard. The variety of drinks is small maybe put in some orange juice for lunch not just breakfast. The food does mess up the stomach a bit..let's just say i feel bad for the janitors.
Kevin Cordova (VA Alexandria)
I don't really like the food they serve at our school and some of it isn't that healthy and is very terrible and yeah.
Roberto Romero (Alexandria)
This food is gross and makes my stomach hurt
Daniel Avelar Luna (Virginia)
This food is horrible and i mean it
Samantha Perez (Alexandria)
Sometimes the food is good but sometimes its not that good i only like the pancakes and fries.
Terrance Chappell (Alexandria)
the food is good i eat it everyday
Maria Acosta (elementary school)
The food here is disgusting.
Yessenia Gonzalez (Fairfax County Schools)
I think the lunch i eat at school is terrible because first of all on Fridays they serve pizza and it is filled with grease, so i never get pizza.I would take food from home but i never have time because i need to get ready for school.They serve bad food sometimes is cold or old and i usually get sick of the food. So that's what i think.
N.Soto (fair fax county school)
The furit is not ripe the pizzay is too greasre
daniela diaz (alexandria)
The food that they give us in lunch and at breakfast taste terrible. The food has no flavor and so do the milks. The food is always soggy. And wet. And its always the same food all week. Thats why i dont get lunch at our elementary school.
Keziah Boamah (Alexandria VA)
What I think about our school lunch is, it's good in some area's but in others it's unhealthy and not good for kids.My favorite and least food in the elementary school are sweet chicken(Favorite) and mozzarella sticks and marinara sauce(Least favorite).The milk is pretty healthy but i'd prefer strawberry milk.
K.Rodriguez (Alexandria)
Thank you for serving us the lunch i kind of like the food but not that much.

Hybla Valley Elementary School
Leslie Lazo (Alexandria VA)
What i think about the school lunch it is kinda gross because it might be expired and not healthy at all.And it does not really good. And mostly the one i really don't like is the teriyaki chicken.
L.Esparza (VA)
My opinion on school food is that i'm not a big fan.There are times when its okay but i don't like it half of the time , what it basically is , is frozen food that's reheated , but i do appreciate the fact that the cafeteria ladies take their time to reheat it and serve it.
J lopez (Alexandria)
I real don't like the food.

Hybla Valley Elementary school
Makayla Bush (Fair fax county public school)
my personal opinion about this is that i bring lunch because the pizza has two much ole also it just doesn't taste like food. It makes my stomach heart and all that money parents spend on it is a waste. lastly i want to say i really like the the can oranges and the cut oranges and i also like the salad.
Diego Jauregui Buenrostro (Alexandra Virginia)
My favorite meal's at my school is nachos,cheese stick's and spice chicken.
Benjamin clemente junior (hybla valley elementary Virginia)
Some i really like and some i don't like like the pasta and sometimes the tomatoes i like the other foods i like peanut butter & jelly sandwich i llike and hate some of the cafeteria foods.
yalith Gonzales (Alexandria Virginia)
At my school the food is kind of good.My favorite food here is the fries.
Areebah. J (Alexandria)
The lunches in our School are somewhat healthy but most of them are not very tasty. They´re not filling at all.My favorite school lunch used to be mac & cheese but they stopped giving it for lunch. I don´t have a least favorite or favorite anymore. I think that the school should get a real veggie bar for vegetarians.

A Hybla Valley ES student
Luis R. (Fairfax County)
My opinion is that the pizza is too oily and the chicken tenders don't taste like chicken (it's probably artificial). Don't even get me started on the breakfast, it tastes horrible, it's served cold, the juice tastes like water with apple flavor. The oranges are yellow, Premium lunches are not even lunches it's just a bag of popcorn or a cookie, parents be wasting their money on that when they can go to target and buy a pack to bring. Other than that the cookies are good. But they need to try a little harder on the food. And cook more ethnic foods.