By Sarah Larkin School lunches are infamous for being inedible, but Wilson is attempting to improve their choices. The cafeteria has gotten a salad bar which is a much needed upgrade to the boxed salads that used to frequent the lunch line. The school is also creating a week of the student body’s favorite foods based on students’ votes. But Wilson has made one fatal miscalculation in the lunch improvements: reducing the size of the muffins. Muffins are probably the best part of Wilson’s school lunch. Supplied by the New York Bagelry, these snacks are consistent options for students who want the same meal each day. Day by day, the lunch menu changes and students have to decide whether they want to pack or buy for the day, but one thing was always there when a student didn’t want to eat the cafeteria’s food: a muffin. A single muffin to fill a student’s stomach without a need for any other food. Muffins now are around half the size of those of the past though the same variety of flavors (blueberry, chocolate chip, double chocolate, etc.) is still offered. This occurred even though the muffins at the New York Bagelry remained the same size. Though the price of the muffins was reduced to one dollar, the fact that most students cannot rely on a muffin alone to make it through a lunch period without having their stomachs growl as the class period’s final bell rings is still pertinent. Many students pack because they don’t like school food, but what happens when they forget their lunch? If their parents can’t bring their lunch then they have to either sit through the period hungry or buy something from the cafeteria. Muffins were always a safety net for those who frequently forgot their lunch, but now that protection has been wrenched from under the students’ feet. Now this student has to either buy two to three muffins or buy food they won’t relish eating in order to be satiated. Muffins are a staple in a Wilson student’s diet and many are outraged that their size has been minimized. Wilson Junior Kristin Jackson said, “When the muffins got cut in half, my spirits got cut in half.” Though a bit melodramatic, Jackson illuminates the feelings of many students here at Wilson. One miniscule muffin is not enough, and students don’t want to buy multiple muffins in order to be satisfied. Though bringing back the old muffins may take a backburner to other important issues with school lunch like quality and variety, the size of muffins is an issue near and dear to the hearts of many Wilson students. Photo Courtesy Of: www.taste.com.au
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