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Most high schools here are closed campus as well, so there is no leaving to buy lunch out. Lunch periods are mostly too short to even do so successful anyway.
However, there are some high schools who have a contract with an outside company to have one 'line' that is selling fast food, for instance Chick fil A is in one local school, though I don't think it is everyday.
The average number of kids that buy school lunch is 1 out of every 2 kids by junky food from school instead of eating the vegetables and fruits. I'm a kid and I know this because I'm doing a project in my law class called Project Citizen and I'm wondering if anyone can help me with this.
2nd grade and 3rd grade. They buy school lunches two times per week, then pack their own lunches 3 days per week (spaghettios, soup, sandwiches, turkey roll ups, cookies, craisins, yogurt, crackers, and any fruit we might have in the house that day).
1st and 3rd and they buy or bring depending on what their mood is at the beginning of the week. Lunches are 2.40 and they offer a number of choices most pretty healthy. There are always salad, vegetables and frest fruit as well as yogurt, muffins and cheese sticks offered in addition to the main meal choices.
When I was in high school we didn't have lunch -the school day ended at 1:05. People who had a study hall could eat during that time if they chose. The school did have a cafeteria because the middle school was housed in the same building and their school day overlapped the high school's. I know it makes it sound like a tiny school, but there were about 250-300 kids per grade.
In Connecticut many smaller towns don't have fast food. Not only because the town may not have a section zoned for that type of business, but many have laws regulating the outside "look" of buildings and signs.
My kids are in a public elementary school in South Carolina.
I pack lunches for them - leftovers (like pasta or soup/stew) or sandwich/wrap, a serving of veggies and a serving of fruit (they get to choose), maybe some cheese or greek yogurt, sometimes a "treat" like cookies or chips. They get 30 minutes to eat.
Lunch is $1.75/day at their school and it's junk. :-(
Teen either buys lunch (most of the time) or brings things like yogurt, cheese sticks, crackers, granola bars, etc. Rarely, she'll make a PB&J. When she buys lunch, I think she usually gets a salad or a wrap. Occasionally she'll ask if she can leave school with friends to get lunch at ChikFilA or McDonald's or something like that. The younger kids are homeschooled and eat leftovers or sandwiches most days.
12-year-old in S. Texas. Takes her lunch most days--usually a sandwich of some kind, chips, fruit, veggie and a cookie or something else sweet. She says it takes too long to stand in line if you buy your lunch and then you don't have enough time to eat it.
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