I am a 13-year-old student at middle school. It seems to me that lunch is quite expensive and tastes bad at the schools.

My idea is to have local business offer food at our school. The school would save money by not having to make lunch and the local business would make money. We should have $5 foot-longs from Subway, pizza slices from Alfy’s, and items from the McDonalds value menu.

The school could get a cut from the profits, and the food would be much better and cost less. Maybe the school districts could even make some money on the deal. I vote to bring private business in to help with the schools’ money problems.

Ben Richter

Snohomish