At the start of the 23-24 school year, high school principal, Mr. Steven Mott, made the decision to remove B lunch from the students schedule. This removed the lunch that cut the third block in half. Now, instead of three lunches, there are only two in the cafeteria. There are many reasons this came to happen.

 “We got rid of it because it was cutting a block in half, stopping teacher instruction, making it harder for students and teachers,” Mott said. 

This lunch change affects all of the students at the high school. With the cafeteria volume being louder, and the occupancy larger, it can be quite a big change, but students were affected in the past years due to B lunch breaking up their third block.

 “A few years ago, I had a B lunch, which split my math class in half. We often ran out of time and would have to drop what we were doing to go to lunch, just to come back and pick back up where we left off. To stay on pace with the other classes, we were given more out-of-school work to make up for the lost time as a result,” junior Jason Mengel said. Mengel talked about his experience as a former B lunch student, and how it affected the work and time the students had. 

A lot of students questioned if there was going to be any change in the lunches to help with the amount of people in the cafeteria.

“I do not plan on making changes to the lunches as of day five of school. We are still going fine and will continue with this lunch schedule. Without the middle lunch, there are opportunities for making more food without running out during the B/C lunch. The main reason for getting rid of the lunch is not really the 20 more minutes in the day, instead it’s to help the teachers with instructions,” Mott said. 

Now, with more people in the cafeteria, students struggle to all fit at once. Many students go to the student center once they finish eating their lunch.

“It’s hard to all fit in the lunch room. I used to enjoy the old lunches more since we had more room, but now we can barely walk around in the student center or cafeteria,” Chase Grable, a senior, said.

A lot of students have complained about the lunches, but another thing that has worried students is the length of the lines in the cafeteria.

“I don’t have a problem with the lunch changes, but it’s very crowded in the student center. When I get my lunch I worry that I won’t have enough time to eat since the lines are so long. I liked it better when there weren’t as many people in the cafeteria at once,” senior Daisy Lewis said. 

The change in the lunch blocks caused some change in students schedules. The change in the lunch blocks were made to stop the break up of the third block, this happened because instructions would be cut short for the teachers. Students said they would have more homework than other classes to make up for lost instructions. Changing the lunches was an academic change, but eventually, the students will adjust to the new lunch schedule.