NY: Lunch now required subject at some high schools

Busy students get a new required course -- Lunch

New York Times  May 24, 2008

With students cramming schedules with Advanced Placement courses and seeking to create the best applications for elite colleges, some schools are finding that lunch is a missing element in the schools day.  In response, several schools have started requiring students to have a certain number of minutes of non-class time in the day for lunch arguing that lunch is important for students' well-being.