The lunch lines at Perry High School have grown to be tremendously obnoxious in the last four years, something seniors have tolerantly endured. Since seniors are not allowed to leave campus for lunch or have their own lunch hour, they should be able to cut to the front of the line at lunch. Let’s face it, most people enjoy, and do cut in line, but its time for seniors to take what they deserve.

Although appealing to the veterans, this idea is not easy to accept for many underclassmen. In an opinion poll of 192 students, half non-seniors and half seniors, 28% of students were not accepting of the idea because it seems unfair, and it won’t work.

This is understandable seeing that any underclassmen would hate to have their spot stolen, however, there must be some points to consider before immediately refraining from the idea. 17% of students thought it could maybe work for the same reasons, and 55% of students voted yes for the privilege. Out of the 107 students that voted yes, 48% of them were not seniors, showing that many underclassmen actually support the idea.

Every underclassmen will [in theory] be a senior at one point in their high school career. At this point, the frustration of not being able to leave campus for lunch, or having to stay for C lunch even with a half day, will be an undeniable annoyance.

If Seniors were to get priority at lunch, they could get a new symbol stamped into their I.D that delineates evidence of their grade. With this, they could simply cut to the front of the line, and embellish in their hard earned position. For many students, giving this priority to seniors could be considered motivation to want to move towards senior year along with graduation: quicker lunch.

Junior Jake Ray expresses his opinion on the matter, “I feel like [lunch lines] are extremely long and they do not allow students enough time to eat for a lot of people. [In relation to seniors having priority] I think that seniors should be allowed to just leave at lunch. It would reduce the lunch lines and allow seniors to do what they want.”

Ray makes a valid argument. Why not allow seniors to exit campus for lunch? In a press conference, Principal Dan Serrano expresses the danger in allowing students to leave campus during lunch, saying it may cause car accidents and trouble. Serrano even specifically states, “I don’t control the cafeteria, it is it’s own separate entity with it’s own director…[to seniors receiving priority] I don’t think it will happen.”

On the other hand, seniors would have to be more cautious and responsible if they could be released for lunch.  If this were to occur, it would reduce the lunch lines in the cafeteria, and ameliorate the cutting and horrifically long lines.

Until then, Seniors should have priority in lunch lines. One way this could be accomplished would be to write a formal petition, present it to our principal, contact Kathy Garcia, director of the cafeteria and lunches, and gain support for this policy.

Senior year could be made more exciting with such a small detail, and every year will bask in the ambience of a hard earned privilege.