Student opinions on cafeteria lunches

Cafeteria lunches have always been a source of contention among students. Many discussions have happened in every school across the nation about lunch-time and the amount, quality, or tastefulness of cafeteria foods.

A staple in the school, where some people love it, and some people hate it. While school lunches are prone to change, student opinion on it is bound to change as well.

Ty Olson, ’23 says that, “The food at lunch is very bland… it’s just very limited. A way to improve the lunchroom would probably be having a little bit wider selection of food.”

Olson and many other students’ opinions on the lunch room is that there is too little offered at a time to really justify it as a good source of good food.

It’s true that the lunch room can be hard to keep track of, as the schedule is very long, making keeping track of what foods are coming that day more difficult.

A contrast of foods could help students, such as making two polar opposite foods available in one day. Say you had the choice between a pizza, pasta, or chicken. That would improve the diversification of the lunch available at school.

That’s not to say the food quality at Redwood is poor, however. Brooklyn Burch, ’23 says that, “It’s really good. Elementary school is far worse than our high school. There’s a lot more variety, and I’m always able to find something that I do want to eat at our school.”

Olson and Burch have nearly the same viewpoints, but flipped, mostly because student opinion on lunch at Redwood is hard to find a clear viewpoint that is more common than the others.

Some students never eat on campus, while others would always. Redwood’s food is a more opinionated topic than nearly any other at the school, while still not being a significantly talked about subject.

Redwood’s food is hard to come up with a clear popular opinion with, as there are many viewpoints to take into account. Some students may hate all the food except for one dish, some may enjoy all meals, and some may never eat at lunch at all.

Redwood’s lunches do not seem to be making any particular changes about its menu, quantity, or quality of its food; which is fine to most people.

Even if the lunch is not as good, there are alternatives that all grades can use, such as grabbing something from the snack bar, buying a pizza, or for juniors and seniors heading off-campus to grab lunch somewhere else.

Redwood’s lunch is a source of contention among students, however, students who dislike it have just chosen to tolerate it and find alternatives, and students who like it, enjoy eating the lunch at school.