Staying or Leaving? How BHS Students Spend Their Lunch Break

Aaliyah Garcia
Staff Writer
  Lunch at Bonneville High School is filled with a variety of choices. Some students prefer staying at lunch, or going off campus. A study was conducted, and some students had the chance to answer a survey about BHS lunch choices. Out of the 82 students that answered the survey, 28 of them said they bring lunch from home, and eat at school. 21 of them say they get food from school. The students that do go off campus chose Mcdonalds, or the Maverick gas station. The average student who go out to eat admit that they spend on average about $5-$10
  The students of Bonneville High School say that they rarely go out to lunch off campus. Those who stay at the school eat their favorite meals such as mandarin orange chicken, the pasta bar, italian dunkers, and pizza. The students do explain that they would like to see more fresh fruit, and more hot lunches in the cafeteria of BHS. More students state that they stay at school for lunch or go home. With the portion that do go off campus to eat lunch, they state that out of the 97 responses only 19 eat lunch off campus every day. 30 students say that they rarely eat lunch off campus. Two people admit that during lunch they do stay at the school, but they choose to get items from the vending machines most days. 
  The cafeteria at BHS can be a fun environment to eat lunch with friends at school, although some students say they would like to have more food options for lunch. A majority of the changes that students would like to make to improve the lunch on campus would have to be longer lunch times. Students explain that even just ten extra minutes of lunch time can improve the organization of the lines. Students explain that within 10 minutes the lines can be less stressful, and not as crowded in the lunch room.  With all the different food options for the students at Bonneville, students can mostly focus on spending their lunch breaks with friends or just a needed break in their busy schedules.

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