School lunches as people across the county may know are horrific. Aside from the terrible taste, most of the time the food is not cooked properly, such as the chicken sandwich, chicken tenders, pizza, cheeseburgers, and many other items have resulted in students feeling sick to their stomach and disgusted. The milk on several occasions has tasted sour and spoiled. The worst of it all, is that lunch is forced to be eaten as early as 11:00 AM, which feels horrible on students stomachs, affecting their performance in the classroom. Also, this may affect their decision to not eat lunch, therefor going throughout the day on an empty stomach,(which has happened to me several times), creating a negative affect on their academic performance. I personally once traced back food poisoning to the school lunch chicken tenders. Some may say “Just bring your own lunch”, which is a fair argument, but as the source of education for our youth, it is the duty of the county to provide a decent, safe, meal for the student body so that they may perform at their highest level. As students of Hillsborough county we need to change this, and we can start by all signing this petition. With better meals will come higher performing and higher motivated students throughout their day.