GRAPHIC/ Keilana Pang
By Melanie Cho & Lucas de Paula,
Staff Writers
After returning from winter break, students unaccustomed to school lunch began to frequent the edible garden during lunchtime in hopes to grab an easy meal.
Sandwiches with ice, mushy fruits and slimy cheeseburgers have sparked outrage among students, leaving them feeling unsatisfied and leaving lunch waste around campus. The parched lunch food chokes students’ throats while the watered down milk leaves students running for the restroom.
Sightings of students throwing their lunches and milk cartons on top of the buildings have become prevalent. The inadequate servings of the school lunch pale in comparison to the organic foliage from the garden.
“Every time I get in line for the peanut butter jelly sandwich, it runs out,” junior Newt Trishus said. “As a lactose intolerant person, I feel unconsidered and left starving as I’m usually forced to choose pizza or yogurt.”
Booming in popularity in just a few weeks, reports of destruction and overturned roots left the garden barren. Starving for more, students spread to find alternative locations to sate their hunger.
“When the garden was still active, the popularity of the location was intriguing,” sophomore Star Ving said. “I decided to join them and was pleasantly surprised to discover the taste of a refreshing and crispy salad. After my first bite, my hunger subsided and I immediately felt more productive.”
The number of students receiving school lunch has decreased, which forced the cafeteria to close down. Now, students are flocking to the fields during lunch, grazing on grass and climbing trees to feast on the flavorful leaves.
Before, school lunch made students grab unhealthy off-campus lunches which made them drowsy and distracted in class. On-campus food options caused widespread academic apathy and fatigue among students. Now, surging test scores and class participation due to veganism contribute to the newly thriving student population.
Trash cans’ self-confidence took a hit in the absence of uneaten school lunches, leaving them out of work. Resigning amidst the vegan revolution, garbage cans were seen sadly shuffling out of the parking lot.
Students have fully embraced vegan practices as they requested social media influencer and vegan activist Kadie Karen Diekmeyer, commonly known as That Vegan Teacher, to provide inspiring quotes about veganism in the bi-weekly bulletin.
“I am so thankful for the district lowering the quality of the school lunches,” freshman Dia Rhea said. “I have not only lost weight due to the healthy diet, but my skin has cleared and I’m much happier than before.”