Increased Lunch Privileges For High School Seniors

Meals are important cultural events. They are a time, not only for ingesting essential nutrients, but for conversation, companionship, and sharing. Atmosphere is important to this process. Our new and expensive school, has a much nicer cafeteria than was afforded on Winn Street. Nevertheless, the lack of freedom at Marietta High School regarding the cultural event of the midday meal is not acceptable. The current school policy is that no student may leave the campus during his or her lunch period. This policy should be changed. High school seniors who have met certain specific requirements designed to measure a level of responsibility, should be allowed to leave the school for lunch.
Most of the senior population have dined in the same type of environment since elementary school . They have experienced much of the same food and been exposed to many of the same people. The meals and environments offered at public secondary schools, in general, do not encourage the intera...