By Clairissa Moore
Get ready, change is coming. After years of pushing for better cafeteria food, Superintendent Dr. Shaun Nelms, and chief financial officer Ms. Carleen Pierce have finally succeeded. In a recent interview, they told us what was coming. On January 28th, the cafeteria lines will be labelled and separated based on what is served. Of course, that isn’t the only change. We as students will have more options to choose from. There will be a “Subway line,” as Nelms said, with made-to-order sandwiches. Don’t worry though, there will be pre-made sandwiches and salads if you’re in a hurry. In general, there will be more menu items every day, so you can be sure you’ll get something you’d like to eat. That’s only the beginning of this pilot program and what Ms. Pierce calls the cafeteria’s “grand re-opening.” Before the end of the year, there will be even more choices, including ethnic food like tacos and Chinese food. And by next year, the cafeteria will be brand new with a food-court-like style. Of course, privilege comes with responsibility. In order to get better food and a nicer cafeteria, we have to respect and appreciate what we are given. In the past, East students have made choices that reflect poorly on Ms. Pierce’s decisions, such as installing microwaves in the cafeteria only to have them break from abuse. This cannot be one of those occasions. We as a student body must clean up after ourselves, and eat the food we are served to get this program to work and grow. This shouldn’t be an issue, since we made this happen. Another student, Anna Burton, and I reported on this issue in the November Eagle Express. In under 2 months, significant change has come. You can be involved too. On East’s website, there is a page called “Let’s Talk” which allows students and staff to communicate with corresponding officials. And yes, they actually read them. See a problem? Or something great? Advocate for yourself and others with ease and make a change.
10 Comments
Lynn Girven
1/28/2019 03:56:41 pm
I am so very delighted to hear that we are offering our scholars better tasting food, and perhaps the exodus to McDonald's will recede if we have more choices in the cafeteria. Well written article!
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Dr Nelms
1/29/2019 10:27:55 am
Proud of our scholars for being tenacious and advocating for themselves and others.
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Laura Delehanty
1/29/2019 01:31:24 pm
Way to go about advocating for change! Special kudos to Anna Burton, for getting the ball rolling with her past Letter to the Editor.
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Brady Fergusson
1/31/2019 05:42:00 am
Good job on this article! That's great that students will have more options to choose from. Thank you for mentioning that "privilege comes with responsibility." I hope students will take advantage of this opportunity to make it successful and then maybe other schools will follow suit.
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Mrs. Gerritz
2/1/2019 08:36:20 am
Way to go Clarissa and Anna for advocating for yourself and others!
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Damian Garcia
2/4/2019 08:49:22 am
I'm glad that the food is starting to change because it was getting to a point that people who go to jail was eating better food than us.
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Luis Diaz
2/4/2019 08:53:24 am
Food has improved in lunch, obviously we are not gonna have 5 star restaurant. But i use to waste more money eating fast food during my lunch time then what i would eat here. They should also have in mind that not to many people have the benefit to buy food. Some people depend on eating here because they don't have the money to go buy they're food outside of school.
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Joshua
2/4/2019 08:54:47 am
I am glad that we students are going to finally get better food, but there are problems that go with this change. Like how long it takes for the sandwiches to be made before the change happened students would be in and out of the lunch line but once the subway line was added students take longer to get their food. We know that rules and regulations keep us from having even better food, but my question is how did were you able to give us better food?
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Clairissa Moore
2/5/2019 11:44:37 am
Good question! From what I learned from the interview, Dr Nelms has been trying to get better lunches for us for a long time. The problem was that whoever is in charge looked at our lunch menu and basically said "it's fine." The November lunch articles were proof that the menu was inaccurate and that students disliked the food as well.
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Blessing Quick
2/4/2019 08:55:06 am
I have to say I am very happy to see my peers advocating for me and others. This is a huge change to East high. I cant wait to try the ethic foods.
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