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Schools usually have a one-hour lunch break at 1pm. Every student is provided with a lunch ration (a hot meal and a drink of water or milk) free of charge, and they may also be able to purchase an extra snack such as a biscuit or small cake. Children are normally allowed to bring their own meals or go home for lunch, although it is rare to do this. School meals are generally bland but hearty and full of protein and carbs; a typical dish would be chicken breast with carrots, broccoli and boiled potatoes. Traditionally, a more indulgent meal will be available on Friday as a treat - usually fish and chips. Healthy breakfasts are also offered by most schools for students during exam seasons. Schools are required by law to provide vegetarian alternatives to all meals served.

Marsoslavia offers free school lunches.

Although most Pulsrothi schools are private, they all follow a similar sort of lunch structure to each other. For all but the poorest students, families are expected to pay for the meals.

A typical school lunch consists of fish, either coated in a vegetable based sauce or garnished with mixed fruit, alongside a starchy side dish which is dependent on the school. In addition, it is served with Pulsrothi rye bread, a random dessert and either water, milk, fruit juice or tea.

Every couple of weeks, it is common for the students to be served something nicer as a treat, such as chicken burgers or toad in the hole.

A normal meal in my nation is a choice between fresh, locally caught cod and cabbage soup or fish and chips, a side of coleslaw, and a choice of milk or water as a drink. Every Friday, the students will get spicy cod and organic potato curry. The vegetarian option is a breadstick, coleslaw, a choice of milk or water, and some corn and cabbage broth.

Left square: Beans, fries, vegetables, meat (usually chicken), rice, burger.
Middle square: Tefrorian curry, mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, mustard, salad.
Right square: Carton of milk, glass cup of juice, water.
Bigger square: Cookies, chocolate (all types), cupcakes, sliced piece of cake.
Rectangle: Whipped cream, chocolate sauce.
Essentially:
Left: Actual dinner, pretty bland.
Middle: Dipping sauce, excluding the salad.
Right: Drink.
Bigger: Dessert
Rectangle: Dipping sauce for dessert.

Excluding at very elite private schools, school lunches are unheard of in Radiatia.

It's an educational facility, not a restaurant - if you want to eat something, bring it from home.

Some schools might have a shop that sells some food items, or vending machines, but ultimately you're expected to bring food from home, not have the school provide you with it.

Besides most state schools in Radiatia are so poorly funded that having to provide meals would send them into bankruptcy.

All schools, which are government-run, are mandated to supply food to pupils three times daily; once before classes begin, once at midday, and once after classes have ended. Students are not able to bring their own food but meals are free. School supplied food must be "wholesome and nutritious" by law, but is not considered particularly appetizing. Meals usually consist of typical Dominion fare; potatoes, cabbage, beef and chicken products feature heavily in most meals.

School lunches are rare in Alzatia, because schools are rare. The ones that do exist, tend to be specialized institutions that teach a single subject or trade (medical school, sports camp, military training, etc). A small number of them have their own canteens, but most don't. Usually there's a 1-2 hour break where students can get lunch, or alternatively they can bring one from home. Military academies are the one exception—because students can only leave once a week, meals are provided for them in the mess hall.

They're free, and we just have homemade ramen half of the time.

Students either work up the courage to eat them or resort to junk food. They are either going to the gym or the cafeteria.

Melvonians take food culture exquisitely seriously and schools are no exception.
Breakfast may be taken at home or at school, and traditionally includes bacon, sausage, fried egg, boiled egg, scrambled egg, miso, cold meats, light cheese, fruit, pastries and a slice of last night’s pizza, washed down with a few glasses of sparkling Fruhstukswien (traditional Melvonian breakfast wine) or fruit-juice-based cocktails and a spliff.
Second breakfast is as above, with strong coffee. A glass of Alkaseltzer and/or an aspirin is traditionally taken at this point.
School brunches are usually taken off the premises, but are available in the canteen also. The Secretary of State for Education is currently considering a national petition protesting about the excessive reliance on avocado toast in school brunches.
Lunch is a simple affair of six courses and wine. Students are encouraged to get involved in the planning and preparing of school lunch at every stage, from sourcing ingredients to washing crockery, and particularly talented cooks have something of the status of star athletes in Melvonian schools. It is also an opportunity to learn about the cultures of the world, and theme lunches are always a highlight of the term, when students sample the authentic cuisine of distant peoples.
Melvonians may be gluttonous beyond belief, but we are far from greedy. Recently a documentary was screened in cinemas showing the horrors of British and American “healthy” school dinners, and in response students around the country have been giving up one of their side-dishes to raise money to air-drop supplies of beef wellington and valpolicella to the poor starving unfortunates.

In Purpelia schools do NOT provide food for children. They are expected to bring their own food from home. And as we hold firmly that the state should not meddle in the family unity there is absolutely no oversight or regulation as to what they bring and if they bring anything at all. However, there is a strong social belief that essentially the school lunch is an indicator of how much parents love and care for their child. To the point that children with good and pretty looking meals will show off to their peers and parents to demonstrate their superiority whilst children whose parents won't take the time to do the same will get bullied and treated like their parents don't love them.

UPDATE: The communist regime changed all school lunches to:

First Course: 1 bowl of Miso Soup

Second Course: A small plate of fish and slaw (Fish and chips but instead of fries there is coleslaw)

Third Course: Durrnilian Sponge Cake

Drink: A choice of milk, water, or apple juice

Workers-in-training receive the same rations as full workers: synthetic pellets that are carefully formulated to deliver exactly the right amounts of required nutrients.

1-hour lunches are given during which children receive:
- 1 peanut butter and sawdust sandwich
- 1 serving of comrade fries.
- 1 large glass of lead infused tap water:

After 30 minutes have passed the children use whatever is in the room to set up fortifications and have a full-scale food fight, if a child is hit by food they are to play dead, the fight ends when one of the teams runs out of children to hit with food. This is mandatory combat training, the winning side receives one extra fry with the next lunch while the losing team has to clean up.

School lunch is provided to the students with no cost for the students.

Schools provide both a breakfast and a lunch to all students, though breakfast is usually something quick such as a pastry or fruit, since schools in Lancov don't start until 9:00am and lunch is only a few hours away. A typical school lunch may consist of stuffed peppers, minced beef patties, or fish soup; sides of seasoned rice, soup, or roasted vegetables; and cucumber salad or fruit.

School meals will be all-vegetarian during Orthodox Christian fast days, and never contain pork. Since there are thousands of Orthodox Christians and Muslims in Lancov, it has been deemed more cost effective to provide meals that accommodate both traditions. Students from smaller religions or who have secular diet restrictions may request special meals for themselves if they need to. No one is ever charged for a school meal.

In Coconut Palm Island, students are given 90 minutes for lunch. School is from 7:30 AM to Noon, and resumes at 1:30 to 3PM. Students are offered school lunch, or can bring lunch from home. In addition, students in 7th grade or higher can leave campus for lunch. At all levels, lunch is usually offered and served outdoors unless weather is bad. Most of the nation's schools are by the beach, for these schools, lunch is served right on the beach, and students often sit in the sun or even swim if they don't leave campus. The more rural schools are in the rainforests inside the Island, and lunch there is often served outdoors as well. While students are not required to be at school during these times, schools do serve breakfast at 7AM, and dinner at 6:30PM. These meals are for low-income students. In addition, students involved in extracurriculars often attend school dinners.

The Education Nutrition Act of 1995 requires all school meals to be balanced and nutritious. Students can request alternatives by making a note on their online school files. Students can add foods to either a allergy list, where the food cannot contain any traces of the food, or a "dislike" list, where the food is minimized but not treated like an allergen. In addition, students can request vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options; students with either high or low weights can request either low calorie or high calorie options. Each meal is required to contain 1 serving of fruit, 1 serving of vegetable (not with breakfast), 1 serving of dairy, 1 optional serving of starch (usually bread, rice, pasta), and 1 serving of protein (meat, peanut butter, etc), 1 glass of water, 1 optional serving of dessert, and 1 optional serving of candy/gum to eat in class or at home.

Unless children have a role in production or other industry, they are not deemed citizens and are instead gunned down, their organs sold wholesale for pennies on the dollar. Should they work in industry as well as education, food with a primary base of their friend's flesh is served. Demankphy makes the utmost of efforts to save the environment by repurposing biomass.
Thus ends the Demankphy Stance on School Lunches.

School lunches are provided with no extra cost for the students in all public schools, private schools may or may not offer free lunch or paid lunch.

Children usually take some food from home with them (bread, etc), and then the school distributes some as well (fruit, milk, etc)

School lunches in Mobius depends on the region. In the south, which is influenced by Spanish culture, cocido, pumpkin soup, and tortillas are common school lunches. The north has more French-inspired school lunches such as cucumber and tomato salad and mushroom-marinated veal with brocolli, tabouleh and sausages with zucchini, and potato and pickle salad and breaded fish with cauliflower. The more Germanic areas typically serve Möhren–Orangen–Suppe, Penne mit Bolognese, and Kartoffeltaschen, Brokkoli und Curry Soße as school lunches among others.

All schools are effectively boarding schools. People give their children up to the government one month after birth, and they remain in the schooling system until the age of 25. During this time, all of their physical, mental and emotional needs will be met by their school, not their parents, and this does of course include healthy & nutritious lunches

free and not mandatory. have three to five courses generally. are different each day.
all receive the same suggested menu, but are free to make substitutions on the bases of what is available locally.
many schools have their own gardens in which students participate, and produce some of the ingredients so there is a high proportion of fresh grown.

some schools even start the day with a meal, before any classes begin.
in upper school, cooking classes participate in preparing them.

in upper school they don't have to be free, but are still required to be inexpensive.
in lower school (k-12) they are required to be free, to the best of local ability, but certainly slack is cut for shortages,
and also regional support to help make them up.