School Lunch, Organized or Gross?

As we know, school in-person school is difficult, especially getting school lunch during a pandemic.

School lunch itself has never been easy to get, but it is even more difficult during a pandemic. I have collected interviews from seventh-grade staff on what they think about school lunch. This includes, but is not limited to, our dean, Mr. Smith, team 7-4's math teacher, Ms. Helton, and team 7-4's social studies teacher, Mr. Banks.

Mr. Smith’s Interviews.

Me: “Do you think school lunch is organized?”

Mr. Smith: “Yes, I believe It is organized, the covid situation just scratched the flow of it.”

Me: “Do you have shortages?”

Mr. Smith: “We have had shortages of juices, but nothing else so far.”

Me: “Any problems?”

Mr. Smith: “No problems with lunch so far.”

Me: “Are there different systems, whether you’re in the classroom or outside on the field?”

Mr. Smith: “It has different systems, but covid is the reason for that. You have to guess the number of kids who need lunch. Sometimes too little and sometimes too much so it just depends.”

Ms. Helton’s Interviews.

Me: “Do you think school lunch is organized?”

Ms. Helton: “No. I hear somedays the lunches are late, or sometimes they are missing forks or spoons.”

Me: “Are they are problems with school lunch?”

Ms. Helton: “The lateness and lack of forks.”

Me: “Any problems, not just with the lunch itself, but in general?”

Ms. Helton: “Not sure, I don’t deal with that department. No problems that I know of.”

Me: “Are there different systems, whether you’re in the classroom or outside on the field?”

Ms. Helton: “Yes. Eating on the field you get recess either way. If the weather is bad, there is no outside time.”

Mr. Banks’ Interview

Me: “Do you think school lunch is organized?”

Mr. Banks: “Yes. The adults take good care of hungry children.”

Me: “Have there been any issues with school lunch?”

Mr. Banks: In general, no. Sometimes, though, they aren’t enough.”

Me: “Are there different systems, whether you’re in the classroom or outside on the field?”

Mr. Banks: “Yes, simply because in the cafeteria you more restricted, where outside you have more space.”

Ms. Ortega’s Interview

Me: “Do you think school lunch is organized?”

Ms. Ortega: “I think it’s as organized as it can be given the restraints of covid.”

Me: “Has there been any issues?”

Ms. Ortega: “No, none that I’m aware of. We’re getting better. We had some challenges in the beginning.”

Me: “Are there different systems, whether you’re in the classroom or outside on the field?”

Ms. Ortega: “Yes. In the cafeteria kids just eat, in the classroom or the field it has a lot more movement.”

Ms. Hunter

Me: “Do you think school lunch is organized?”

Ms. Hunter: “No. We are still trying to get a routine established. It’s hard to come up with a plan with the covid resections.”

Me: “Have there been any issues?”

Ms. Hunter: “I’m sure there are but I haven’t been involved directly.”

Me: “Are there different systems, whether you’re in the classroom or outside on the field?”

Ms. Hunter: “Yes. I wasn’t here but I can imagine that in the cafeteria it is more restricted.”