requests_controller.rb

  def new 
    @request = Request.new
    # This needs to go somewhere else
    @request.lunch_with_mike = true
  end 

some_template.html.erb

<script>
  <% if @request.school_phys_address_same == true %>
	$('fo1li52').hide();
  <% else %>
	$('folli52').show();
  <% end %>
</script>