Noon closes for grades 9, 10

Luverne High School ninth- and 10th-graders will spend noon breaks on campus this fall, as the new school commons allows for greater seating capacity.
Luverne School Board members at their June 24 meeting voted unanimously to close the noon lunch period for freshman and sophomore students beginning the 2021-22 school year.
Juniors and seniors will still be allowed to leave the school campus during their lunch periods.
Sheriff Evan Verbrugge supported a closed noon hour for all students to curb excessive vehicle speeds in the school parking lot and on Highway 75.
“It is not as bad now as when we had the four lanes (on Hwy. 75). Before, it was a race track to … where they were going,” he said.
Board members supported revoking a junior or senior student’s open lunch period privileges if abused.
In his report to the board, incoming senior class president Griffen Jarchow shared results from students who recently completed a school lunch survey.
He said students are encouraged that more food choices are a possibility in the new kitchen.
“They will be willing to stay if the food is higher in both quality and quantity,” he said.