During the 2011-2012 school year, the Class of 2012 seniors have only had one “Senior Lunch on the Shelf” event.

This event is a time when seniors get to eat lunch on the shelf (or in the courtyard, in this year’s case) which is brought from a restaurant in the community. It usually costs under $10, so it’s not very expensive. However, in past years the senior class has had more than just one of these opportunities.

The reason for this is, according to Assistant Principal Tim Jones, because there has been a lack of participation.  He said a lot of work goes into planning the event and the parents, along with the restaurants, don’t want to go to the work for just a few students.

I don’t see how they can judge whether there is enough participation just based on one day. Maybe that day just didn’t work out for very many seniors. They should try doing one more Lunch on the Shelf event and then decide whether they should hold more.

I am a junior and I want to have a lot of Lunch on the Shelf events next year when I am a senior, so I hope we get to have more than just one. I hope parents will give our class a chance with participating in this so that we can have as many chances to eat restaurant food at school as possible.