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LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Londonderry High School has opted out of the National School Lunch Program, citing too much wasted food.
WMUR-TV reported the high school pulled out of the lunch program earlier this year after seeing how much food was ending up in the trash. The middle and elementary schools remain in the program, and food preparation is done at the high school for many schools in the area.
School officials expressed concern they may face new federal regulations.
But USDA spokeswoman Brooke Hardison says in an email Wednesday to The Associated Press that the federal agency has no special requirements for schools that don't get USDA food for their own students but act as a warehouse or distribution point for USDA foods for other schools.
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This story has been corrected to show school officials, not the city, pulled the high school out of the program.
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