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Damm, that sounds like a good time.
On paper, yes. In flavor....no....just...oh god no... at least in my school district (u.s) because they used this nasty white sauce instead of tomato.
Could be worse, I went to a school where sometimes we got meatball sandwiches. I smothered them with mayo, mind you I think I was subconsciously speaking out calories because I was being abused and not fed properly but still.
This meme is referencing a very specific type of pizza which was almost universally served by American elementary schools in the '90s (maybe also late '80s?). It was basically knock-off Ellio's--rectangular with red sauce and cheese, relatively bland but palatable enough.
Really good YouTube video going into the history of that specific pizza including how to recreate it:
https://youtu.be/40MvjFaTVzE