NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Nashville public school's cafeteria is running out of some foods before every student can be served.

Video: Food Options Run Out At Glencliff High

Lunch is served at 10:30 a.m. at Glencliff High School in Antioch, but by the time some students arrive more than an hour later, often their options are limited.

Freshman Jesse Oelze feels pressured to beat the lunch rush at Glencliff High, so he can get hot food.

"Like the main course, if there is chicken, bread, biscuits, they'll run out of chicken. They'll still try to make us buy lunch for $2.25 for a piece of bread, juice and a piece of fruit," said Oelze.

"I think the children are being cheated by that," said Oelze's mother, Julie.

The child's mother fears that the missed meals will affect her children's performance at school.

"Like my daughter and (her friends,) they get up at 5 a.m. and have breakfast. If they don't have lunch, their grades are going to suffer.

The principal at Glencliff is aware of the problem and said it is due to a changing staff.

"Our traditional cafeteria manager is out on medical leave, and we have someone that is new to the position. It's no error on her part. She just did not gauge the amount of food necessary," said Tony Majors, Glencliff Principal.

Majors said on Tuesday the school ran out of one food option by the third lunch session, but they always have other food options available on the traditional lunch line.

"The only item they ran out of today was the spicy chicken patties, but they still had tacos as an alternative, and they also did the stuffed pepperoni pizza pockets as an alternative for third lunch in order to accommodate students," said Majors.

Oelze and his mother told us that food options during third lunch have been limited for at least 10 days.

Glencliff's principal said he was only aware of two or three days where the cafeteria ran out of the regular entree item and something else was substituted, but he said that the problem is being worked out.

There were no budget cuts in Metro's food department this year. According to the district food services director, this year's $11 million budget was larger than in year's past and allowed for more options in food choices.