Should School Lunches Be Allowed In Public Schools?

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Many students really don’t like what their school lunches have to offer, most students hate the way the food tastes and it might be because public schools in particular have really poor choices and least variety of the food they serve, not only that but they are also excluding the fact that there’s student with different religions or lifestyle choices. It is truly unfair because of the insufficient options of vegetarian meals available many students would rather skip the meal. That’s not all but the little options that the cafeteria does have are not even healthy or appetizing options, most of their “vegetarian” options are either high in saturated fat carbohydrates and diary like greasy pizza, baked potato, deep-fried cheese sticks and pastries

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