Clayton High School

Foods: CHS serves a wide variety of foods like pizza, paninis, salad, fresh fruit and vegetables in their daily school lunches, among other things.

Who can leave: All students regardless of grade are allowed to leave campus to buy food.

How long: Students get 50 minutes to eat lunch every day.

Where do they get food: There is a Subway at Clayton Center on campus as well as a Straubs and a Schnucks within walking distance.

Where do they eat: Students eat mostly in the cafeteria.

The average cost of a school lunch for students who choose to eat on campus is $2.65.

Clayton is moving toward healthy, fresh food. Nothing is fro- zen and school lunches are cooked in front of the students who are ordering it. The program that supplies the food is called Environments.

To view menus from Clayton School District, click here: http://www.clayton.k12.mo.us/Page/324

Webster Groves High School

Foods: WGHS serves pizza, nachos, pita chips and hum- mus and sandwiches in their daily school lunches, among other menu items.

Who can leave: Seniors are the only students allowed to leave for lunch.

How long: Students get 29 minutes to eat their lunches every day.

Where do they get food: Students can only purchase food from the cafeteria.

Where do they eat: Students eat in the cafeteria as well as a covered outdoor area and a commons area surrounded by windows.

The average cost of a school lunch for students eating on campus is $2.65.

The lunch program at WGHS is similar to Kirkwood’s in the food and length of time allowed to eat.

For more information about lunches in the Webster School District, click here: http://www.webster.k12.mo.us/pages/WGSD/Departments/District_Departments/Food_Services___Nutrition

Ladue High School

Foods: LHS serves pizza, salads and sandwiches in their daily school lunches, among other items on their daily menu.

Who can leave: No students are allowed to leave campus to buy lunches.

How long: Students get 30 minutes to eat their lunches every day.

Where do they get food: Students can purchase food from the cafeteria, the vending machines or the grab-and-go cart that has ready-made sandwiches and snack items.

Where do they eat: Students eat in the cafeteria. They can also eat in the commons area.

The average cost of a school lunch for students who choose to eat on campus is $2.65.

The lunch program at LHS is similar to Kirkwood’s in the food and length of time allowed to eat, but LHS permits less stu- dents to leave campus than KHS does.

For more information about lunches in the Ladue School District, click here: http://www.ladueschools.net/district/content/main/lunch-menus.shtml

‘New grand opening’ of KHS cafeteria to come in December

In the first week of December, KHS will undergo a ‘roll-over’ of foods ac- cording to Terri Whitaker, service direc- tor for Chartwells of KSD. There will be a makeover of KHS’s cafeteria foods. Whitaker said there may be a chef doing live demonstrations of how the food will be prepared. Public- ity people could also come to cover the event, she said. An example of a new menu item is a different version of pizza.

“The pizza crust is a recipe designed especially for us,” Whitaker said.

This is in response to updated food regulations. To meet requirements about grain, the pizza crust is now 51 percent whole grain and flax seed. The cheese also helps reach dairy requirements. KHS does not count pizza sauce as a vegetable.

Whitaker and her staff are excited to bring KHS new foods.

“It will be like a grand opening, and we’re looking forward to it,” Whitaker said.