School administration has made the decision that the Eagle Edge will no longer sell food, such as snacks and candy. This decision was made due to the large amount of trash that was collecting in the PAC.

“We have events in the PAC all the time,” CTE director Becky Hunt said. “It’s just quite embarrassing to walk out the front doors here or the PAC and see wrappers out on the floor. [The PAC] is beautiful, and you want it to be that way and not have those things.Junior Amogh Krishnagiri said he visited the store two to three times a week to buy food, and he would usually go around lunchtime or if he was there after school.

“I heard from my friend a couple weeks ago that they were going to stop selling food,” Krishnagiri said. “I was sort of surprised, so I went in, and they didn’t have any food, and that was the last time I stepped in.”

The trash in the PAC was a result of students’ discarded food wrappers that were bought from the store. Junior Ryan Fairbanks said that he noticed the trash that littered the commons area of the PAC.

“It’s good that they’re getting rid of the trash, but I still want food,” Fairbanks said.

Some students would go to the PAC for lunch instead of the cafeteria or would leave class to buy food.

“There were some kids that were getting a pass to go to the restroom and then instead of going to the restroom, they’d come down there and buy snacks,” Hunt said. “That is putting [the school store] in the way when really that is not what we want the store to be.”

Krishnagiri said that he could save money and eat less at school because of this change, but he felt disappointed by it.

“I honestly think [this change] is for the worst because I know that the Eagle Edge made a lot of money that way, and it was always nice to go and get some food,” Krishnagiri said. “I know I speak for a lot of the people in the student body when I say that the food at that store will be missed.”

Hunt said that this change could also affect the students and make them eat healthier because they won’t be able to buy junk food from the school store.

“Some of the things that [students] are eating in there are really not healthy foods, so there was that part of it, too,” Hunt said. “I would hope to see kids eating healthier things, but we can’t control what kids are going to eat.”

Fairbanks said that he thinks that administration made the right decision because students can just eat at home.

“I think [it is for the] better because instead of having trash everywhere, you can go home and get your own food,” Fairbanks said. “When you go home and get your own food it’s actually healthier, so I think it’s a good bonus.”