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Currently, 77 percent of the county's elementary students and 48 percent of high school students purchase lunch at school. The less-than-half figure at the high school has led to innovative approaches by Rappahannock Schools to meet the needs of students.
One change that has boosted purchases is an a la carte option in which students can purchase more of what they want or only what they want. A second improvement, Mrs. Burke notes, is “choice-of” days - Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - when students have a choice of main entree, for example, toasted cheese or tuna fish sandwich. Banana-split day is another favorite, Mrs. Burke notes.
Students say they appreciate the options; moreover, a system once in the red at the high school now operates in the black. No school lunch price increases have occurred in four years, Mrs. Burke adds.
Senior Kelly Bristol, who’s on a vegetarian diet, uses the a la carte option to supplement a lunch brought from home. Says Becky Williams, a sophomore who selected two pieces of pizza: “I never buy the whole lunch. It’s faster this way.”
Concern over students who want
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