Boycott leads to meeting about Westby Area School District food service program

In an effort to take a stance on what some students believe to be substandard food offerings in the Westby Area School District students in Westby Middle School began boycotting the noon lunch program last week. Students in 7th and 8th grade organized a heavy following and began bringing sack lunches to school versus utilizing the in-house hot school lunch program. The boycotting action left the food service department with large quantities of prepared food, which had to be disposed of and created a hardship for food service employees and the department’s financial budget.