Combining lunches at PHS would hurt restaurants
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Editor,
I’ve been attending Polson High School my whole life, and I’m a junior currently. Lunch has always been one of my favorite times of the day. How it works here, if you’re not familiar with our lunch system, is that we have two separate lunch times. Depending on the student’s schedule, they’ll either have first lunch or second. The two different lunches help split students into two smaller groups, making it easier.
Recently, our school has been thinking about having one lunch. There was a three-week trial that was recently done, and many problems were revealed. Another trial will take place in the spring for more feedback. If the school does decide to continue with the one lunch, then students, local restaurants and citizens will be affected in a negative way.
Local restaurants benefit greatly from hungry students during lunch. Students rush to businesses, order food and eat quickly, since there is a time we have to be back to school. If the number of students leaving campus doubles, that could result in twice as many people in the same restaurant. This will affect everybody who is out between noon and 1 p.m. There will be longer waits and more traffic. Restaurant employees could get stressed about trying to keep up with the demands, too. Since we can’t afford to waste time, this results in students going elsewhere, such as home, where it’s quicker. I’ve wanted to go to a restaurant and decided not to because I assumed that there were going to be too many people.
Some might say that we should just stay at school and eat, which many have. The school does provide a new option of sandwiches and wraps for students who stay on campus. But that leads to local businesses losing customers.
Nicole Clairmont
Polson High School student
Polson
