MARATHON CITY, Wis. – The Feds failed to contain a student uprising and protests over “healthy” school lunches spread to a second school.

Last week, D.C. Everest High School student Meghan Hellrood organized a boycott of her school’s lunch program and 85 percent of students there participated.

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Now middle schoolers are getting into the act.

WSAW reports:

Many Marathon middle school students are fed up with their school lunch program and Thursday organized a boycott of the school lunch program to show their disapproval of federal lunch guidelines. In lieu of heading through the lunch line Thursday, students brought packed lunches.

“Lately what I have noticed with our school lunches is probably the portions. They have actually gotten smaller and when I was younger we used to be able to get a lot more food. The younger kids are getting the same amount of food we are, but if we want more we have to pay more money to get double,” Venture Academy student Ally Phakitthong says.

Students at the school also signed a letter to First Lady Michelle Obama – the champion of the lunch rules – “expressing their concerns,” according to the news station.

If the Feds’ reaction to Hellrood’s campaign is any indication, the Venture Academy students may be wasting their time.

When the student-led boycott made national headlines, the USDA contacted D.C. Everest to check in on the situation.

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Now we know the agency wasn’t seeking input to change anything, but to double down.

“The USDA workers inquired to see whether administrators needed help in explaining recent changes brought forth under the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, said Chris Welsh, the district’s supervisor of food services,” the Wausau Daily Herald reports. (emphasis added)

Meanwhile, Sebring, Florida district Food Service Director Martha Brown took class time to explain the lunch changes.

Highlands Today reports:

In presenting an overview of her department, Brown provided a printed handout and also spoke about the National School Lunch Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 and how they affect the financing and selection of food items that are served at school.

She explained that to receive funding and reimbursement for free and reduced-priced meals, the district has to follow the increasingly stricter federal nutrition guidelines.

Interestingly, Illinois District 214 dropped out of the National School Lunch Program, and is now seeing a sales bonanza.

“Our average meal participation has increase by 20 percent or 400 meals from last year,” Superintendent David Schuler tells the Daily Herald.

The loss in federal revenue is being offset by more students buying lunches and tightening corners in other areas of the budget, according to the paper.

After dropping out of the program and ditching its restrict rules, culinary arts classes are now assisting with developing “healthy and attractive lunch options.”