High school opts out of NSLP, still doesn’t increase participation

Despite opting out of the National Lunch School Program and revamping its menu earlier this year, Bozeman High School is still having trouble getting students to eat in its cafeteria.

Though their menu changes were small, including serving meals with bigger portions and higher calorie counts, the school now serves 200 more students per day in the cafeteria than last year, reports nbcmontana.com.

Some students told the website that wait times for food are a factor in their decision to eat off campus—the wait can be 20 minutes as opposed to five at a fast-food restaurant—and school officials agree it’s a problem, too.

"We have too many students for the single lunch period that we have,” said Bob Burrows, the support services supervisor for the Bozeman School District. “There's only so many students we can feed. I think we're starting to bump into our capacity a little bit.”

Read the full story at nbcmontana.com.