Many students want changes to school caf, food
October 7, 2019
Children and teens consume up to 50% of their daily calories at school. And for low-income children, lunch may be the only real meal of the day. Well-fed people perform better, at work, and school. Although school lunches are offered in several options, there are instances that the foods that are served in the cafeterias are not the types of food that they truly wanted to eat. Thus, children and teens will be tempted to not eat anymore and choose to eat foods that they enjoy. In a random survey of 107 Morton East students, 85 students said yes that the cafeteria and it’s food does indeed need a change.
But some a couple students say the opposite. “The food is good compared to what we had in the past, Its basically god-tier food… It doesn’t get better than this… They are missing out with the food because other schools have it packaged.” Senior student Diogo Sida said.
Another student feels differently about the lunch in the cafeteria, “The food is sometimes good; it fills you up and sometimes it comes out bad… The food needs some improvement… I’m curious where it comes from.” track star Tomas Gonzales stated.
Principal Gamboa has plans to go on improving the future for the cafeteria food. “I’ve done a lot to improve the quality of the food. I love to take student input. We included meatless options for specific kids… Students love strawberry milk… The food comes from Sysco… I recommend it to other schools. [But] Sometimes the food is not always good like the tacos. We try not to overcook food or waste food.”
These plans for the future of our cafeteria might also affect the amount of food being thrown out we keep the employees’ identities anonymous just for the security of their job . “Kids get the food for free and don’t eat it… so they just throw it out.” a frustrated security guard Herman Mendez stated who patrols the students in the cafe.
Although it seems as if most of our food is wasted, the leftovers don’t always get thrown out, the remaining food is given to the supper program. The grill section workers affirmed “The burgers are brought frozen from GFS. We cook it to its proper temperature and instructions. The remaining food is given to the supper program.” The supper program also known as the after-school supper program was established nationwide through the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which is largely administered through after-school programs
This section is not the only one giving to the after school supper program. This program serves the pizza after school and is the most controversial out of all the food in the cafeteria. Former Morton student Sandra Avelar, disliked the school pizza; “The pizza was never good, I don’t know why people eat it.” Avelar stated. Despite the pizza having a bad reputation and having a questionable process, it is prepare normally. The workers in the pizza section state-” The pizza brand is called Big daddy and it’s the crust with sauce and cheese. We just put the topping on. Mainly sausage and jalapeno. The remaining food is given for supper.”
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Kasandra J. (Mr. Robinson) • Oct 31, 2019 at 10:30 am
This article was very true because a lot of students don’t like the cafeteria food and wish to change it. Also people who don’t like eating food with milk sometimes don’t eat. I think the cafeteria should provide us with juice instead of milk.
Bianca Navarrete • Oct 9, 2019 at 10:56 am
I agree with the topic! just need to fix the lead. it’s all over the place.
Jose Antunez • Oct 9, 2019 at 10:42 am
This article is written with a lot of good and valuable information is regards to the topic. I think that this article can improve on some of the grammar and random sentences that are kept in there. Also get the proper names of everyone you interviewed for a quote.
Jose Diaz • Oct 9, 2019 at 10:26 am
I think this article has some good opinions but it still needs some opinions from the people who are pros, also the title needs to be fix. but the topic of cafeteria menu is good topic to talk about.
Ariana • Oct 9, 2019 at 10:02 am
This article is good, but needs to source more information. Also seems that this article is one sided.
Deisy Ramos • Oct 9, 2019 at 8:49 am
I think this article is pretty good. It does need improvements but overall, I like it. I liked how they put in the two different perspectives of someone who is pro and someone who is not.
Jacquelin Lara • Oct 8, 2019 at 12:32 pm
In my opinion the school should change there school menu because they serve the same thing every week. And kids will get tried of the same food and just stop eating which is worse because the kids will not get enough nutrients in their body. That why I think they should change the food every week to different things.
Tiffany Ruiz • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:19 am
I think this article does state the issues that some kids have. I personally think that the meat does taste a little weird and it would be great if there was one that was a little better. They should also switch it up some days, maybe some Tuesdays have a different kind of meal on one of the sides of the cafeteria. I also think it would be nice to switch the food, but then we also have to consider if the food is still kind of healthy for the students and that the school isn’t just feeding us a bunch of junk food.
Melanie Carrera • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:19 am
I do agree that Morton has a decent school lunch. Comparing it to our elementary and middle school lunches its actually pretty good. Although I’m satisfied with the lunch that’s being served, there is always room for improvement. If there’s a possibility of introducing new foods that fill you up a bit more would be very helpful to people like me that have practice after school. At times I get hungry at practice simply because of the small portions being served.
Luz Mora • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:15 am
You never told us what the supper program and the title can use some fixing. But I agree with the article the food can better. If the menu gets changed for students the food could be thrown out less.
Adrian Perea • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:12 am
i do agree with others about changing the meals because for some students thry mostly go towards the pizza stand or others because they don’t like other food
Daniel Garcia • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:23 am
In my opinion, it’s not whether or not they should change the menu but the amount of food they give us. For me, personally, I eat a lot so i need more food to fill me up. I always end up having to run home in order to eat my fill. The food they serve here is good, i’m not gonna lie, it’s just the amount of food they give us.
E. Gallegos • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:18 am
The format you used for this article can use a little improvement. The tittle of this article can also be improved.
Anonymous • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:38 pm
I do like this article. It speaks out to students. Some students don’t eat or throw out the food provided at Morton. They don’t like it. I believe that Morton should introduce some new foods to the students. Who knows, maybe the students will eat the food instead of throwing it away.
Anonymous • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:26 pm
In my opinion, I believe that Morton should change the school menu. Some students become tired of the options provided to them, so instead of eating the food. They don’t eat or just throw it away.