“If I'm hungry enough, I eat the school lunch. Hopefully, I remember to bring one.”

— Chase Compton, eighth grade, West Junior High School

“I always eat the school lunch. I'll get some extra cookies if they have them.”

— Tyler Baum, eighth grade, WJHS

“Our lunches are catered. It's always good food, but it seems like we always have chicken.”

— Nicole Simpson, eighth grade, Bishop Seabury Academy

“I eat the school lunch. I usually buy extra cookies and chips, but sometimes I'll eat the salad bar.”

— Gabriel Patterson, eighth grade, Central Junior High School

“Primarily Uncrustables and skim milk. It's a great lunch, and it's so flavorful.”

— Amy Trompeter, sophomore, Lawrence High School

“I usually go out to eat at Chipotle or Subway.”

— Benn Stover, senior, Free State High School

“We can either have the salad bar, the main dish or both. We usually just have water to drink. Then we have desert at the end. We have pizza delivered on Fridays, but we have to pay $2 a slice to support the sophomore class.”

— Britni Coulter, eighth grade, BSA

“I usually just have peanut butter and jelly or the salad bar. I'm a vegetarian, so it's kind of hard to eat anything else at school.”

— Emily Johnson, freshman, South Junior High School