Why We Should Have Closed Campus Lunches

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Milpitas High School currently has a closed campus policy that does not allow students to freely leave the campus during break. This policy is an irrational solution to a lot of the problems that this school and its students face during lunch.
First, the school does not do an adequate job at providing food for all of its students. The lines at the cafeteria can take forever and by the time people get their food, lunch can be over. Majority of teachers on campus also do not allow kids to eat in class so they will end up wasting money on food and being deprived of their lunch. The amount of food available is also pretty scarce. I often find the cafeteria running out of the only good food to which I am then forced to eat the other bland …show more content…

You can’t force teenagers into eating healthier food.Instead, they are more likely to opt out of lunch entirely or just buy a bag of Munchies from the vending machine because the food the school offers is pretty bad. If we allow an open campus, students can go home and eat healthy food there, or they can go to nearby restaurants and at least obtain a full meal. The food that the school already offers isn’t particularly healthy anyways. Majority of students only eat the nachos, pizza, burgers, or burrito bowls. They don’t even bother to take a fruit or vegetable with …show more content…

A plethora of benches would need to be bought in order to make sure that every students feels comfortable on campus during lunch. Then, you have to factor in the cost and time of hiring people to implement them in an appropriate place. The lunches at this school will also need to be drastically improved. The cafeteria needs to expand so that the lines move faster and more food needs to be available to accommodate the growing population. The lunch itself also needs to be more appetizing and nutritious. All of these changes will cost the school an immense amount of money. An open campus policy, however, can solve all these issues for free and actually save the school money in the

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