For students, lunch is the biggest break of the day. Lunch is a chance to eat, catch up with friends, play outside or study in between the six classes of the day.
Although the Upper School schedule indicates that lunch is a 45 minute period, the extensive lunch lines often reduce the time that a student actually has to eat or do other activities of their choice.
“I often spend 10-15 minutes waiting in the lunch line every day,” Sophomore Azim Moosa said. “It takes away from the time I get to do homework or play football with my friends.”
A fourth lunch line in the cafeteria was added a few years ago in an attempt to decrease line size. However, grade size increases have led to more people joining the lunch line, making the problem worse in recent years.
“When I go to lunch, I feel like there are more people there every time,” Moosa said. It seems to have gotten a lot worse from last year.”
Many students have opted to get lunch at later times in an attempt to avoid the lines, whether it be at the end of lunch or the period after if they have that block free.
“I have found that if I study or play football during the beginning of lunch, I actually get my food at the same time as if I just went at the start,” Moosa said.
Teachers also encounter this problem as well, with many avoiding the lines by grabbing a box lunch and going at times when students have class.
“I get lunch between the normal Upper School and Middle School lunch times, because the line is a lot shorter,” wrestling coach Reyno Arredondo said.
Although waiting in the line can be a pain, there is a benefit to it.
“I get to talk to new people in the line, because there are people in all the high school grades,” Moosa said.
