New lunch policy keeps students in Cafeteria instead of hall
Since the new rule was put in place, some instructors have asked students to wait in the hall leading to the Cafeteria. Junior Tasiah Nunnery said not all instructors have done this.
Before the 18-19 school year began, the decision was made to keep students in the Cafeteria for the full 20 minutes of lunch rather than allow them to go to the hall.
“Students will need to eat lunch in the lunch room, or if they have teacher approval, they can eat with the teacher in the classroom,” Vice Principal John Linn said. “It was decided before I got here, but the reason was for supervision issues and safety.”
Linn said the biggest issue was with kids in the halls without supervision.
“Teachers are eating, we don’t expect them to be out there watching the kids during that time,” Linn said. “It’s just the safety of our kids. We want everyone to be safe, and we’re sure things happen when the kids aren’t supervised.”
Principal Martin Straub and Athletic Director Lance Krannawitter work with Linn to make sure students do stay in the Cafeteria.
“We’ve asked teachers every once in a while, to eat lunch in there, not only for supervision, but to create relationships,” Linn said. “I have not heard a lot of reactions. When we had our class meetings, we talked about this, there were a lot of grumblings that went on. Specifically I haven’t had any students say anything to me.”
While freshman did not get to experience the old lunch policy, sophomores, juniors and seniors have had to switch from what they were used to.
“The lunch room is cold,” senior Cade Swayne said. “I don’t like that it’s so busy in there all the time now. There’s almost no place to sit.”
Sophomore Sam Rider, and juniors Ben Boland and Tasiah Nunnery agree with Swayne’s opinion of it being crowded.
“There are not enough seats to sit when everyone’s just in the lunch room because they can’t go back to class or they can’t stand in the hallway out there,” junior Tasiah Nunnery said.
Contrary to the students who are against the policy, junior Paige Beamer believes there is an upside to it.
“I feel like there’s a little bit less chaos out in the hallways,” Beamer said. “I don’t particularly care for it, but I do understand it.”
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