From Thanksgiving break to cafeteria food shortages, we grade recent campus events

GIVE ME A BREAK Wake up, get dressed, go to school, go home, do homework, go to sleep. Repeat. Finally, students have a week of respite from this dull routine. Thanksgiving is that break students need from the relentless wave of work from school. Leander ISD is one of the only districts that allow students to have a week off. Teachers and students alike deserve this little R ‘n’ R, even if it’s only nine days. Students can sleep in, relax and enjoy the break with friends and family.

On top of relaxation, students and teachers can use this extra time to catch up on work that has built up during the six weeks so that when they come back they don’t have nearly as big a workload as they’d usually have. Overall, this nine day vacation is a great way to catch up on work, sleep in, play around, and enjoy being free.  Staff and students spend so many hours in classrooms slaving away at work and lessons that the brief time will surely bring delight to all.

Grade: A+

THANKSGIVING FEAST The lunch bell rings and the race is on. Students stream into the cafeteria, searching for a spot at the crowded lunch tables before hustling to the growing lunch lines. All of this commotion is something only one Friday can bring; the Friday before Thanksgiving break, when the school has its annual Thanksgiving dinner. The meal includes steamy slices of turkey, gravy, green beans, a side of mashed potatoes and a fresh bread roll. Not only does the cafeteria offer food that has been made lovingly from scratch and includes a fresh slice of cake, but the meal is free of charge and open to everyone. The lunch provides the perfect opportunity for every student to enjoy sitting with different crowds of people over a full plate of food, and while the lines are lengthy and can seem endless, the meal and company is well worth the wait. It’s a perfect time to give thanks for the things we have, and the cafeteria ladies who work hard to provide this tasty meal.

Grade: A

NO FOOD FOR HUNGRY TEENS There’s no doubt that waiting in line for food in the cafeteria is frustrating. People cut lines to be with their friends, you can’t find a table, there’s a lot of noise – and oddly there’s a shortage of food. While waiting in line attempting to get food, students will finally get up to the front of the line and be turned away because the line has run out of the type of food they offer. This is an inconvenience because the lines are already so long. Switching to another line causes you to be there even longer and have a shorter amount of time to finish your lunch once you actually buy your food. If the cafeteria workers could inform students that there will only be a limited amount of food by having a teacher on lunch duty relay the information to the students, or keep an extra supply for those waiting, the lunch line process would go much smoother.

Rating: D