Students of Argo Community High School that were interviewed showed their personal thoughts on having off campus lunch.

“I think it’s a good idea to leave school for a hour to go out and eat and take time to relax,” said John, a student here at Argo Community High School.

Most of Argo students want to have off campus lunch. Although, there are some students who lay out some concerns about how you really won’t have time to do that much.

“Regardless of ability, I would stay on school grounds. If I were to choose to go back home, it would be inefficient, as the time to go to and from my residence would almost total the time a lunch period lasts for. No reason to go anywhere else as it is very limited to what you can do in the short time frame,” said Nich.

There are some pros and cons about it because there are some students leaving the campus to go get food from off campus and go relax at the park. Coming back late and getting tardy is going to be a problem. There are also some students that would just ditch the rest of the school day.

“It is suitable enough to have lunch on school property. Any outside lunches can be brought in from home or from a food vendor before classes are in session. Having the ability of leaving school for lunch brings in the risk of behaviors with unfavorable outcomes such as ditching the school day before the 3:00 PM dismissal bell. Given the general lack of discipline and nature of growing adolescents, the off the property lunch concept is riddled with too many negatives compared to its positives.”

There are people that think off campus lunch is a good thing because you could go out and eat, hangout with friends, relax. Here is a quote from a teacher here at Argo that had off campus lunch in high school.

“I thought it was really cool in high school to have off campus lunch. I went to Lane Tech on the north side of Chicago and every day we went off campus and relaxed and ate at local places. It was a way to really engage with my friends, but I can see how it can be hard for a school to manage,” said Michael Rojas, a teacher here at Argo.