http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/homemade-lunch-replaced-with-cafeteria-nuggets.html
A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate
three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because the school told her the
lunch her mother packed was not nutritious.
The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple
juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according
to the interpretation of the person who was inspecting all lunch boxes
in the More at Four classroom that day.
The Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department
of Health and Human Services requires all lunches served in
pre-kindergarten programs - including in-home day care centers - to meet
USDA guidelines. That means lunches must consist of one serving of
meat, one serving of milk, one serving of grain, and two servings of
fruit or vegetables, even if the lunches are brought from home.
When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child
care providers must supplement them with the missing ones.
The girl's mother - who said she wishes to remain anonymous to protect
her daughter from retaliation - said she received a note from the school
stating that students who did not bring a "healthy lunch" would be
offered the missing portions, which could result in a fee from the
cafeteria, in her case $1.25.
"I don't feel that I should pay for a cafeteria lunch when I provide
lunch for her from home," the mother wrote in a complaint to her state
representative, Republican G.L. Pridgen of Robeson County.
The girl's grandmother, who sometimes helps pack her lunch, told Carolina Journal that she is a petite, picky 4-year-old who eats white whole wheat bread and is not big on vegetables.
"What got me so mad is, number one, don't tell my kid I'm not packing her lunch box properly," the girl's mother told CJ.
"I pack her lunchbox according to what she eats. It always consists of a
fruit. It never consists of a vegetable. She eats vegetables at home
because I have to watch her because she doesn't really care for
vegetables."
When the girl came home with her lunch untouched, her mother wanted to
know what she ate instead. Three chicken nuggets, the girl answered.
Everything else on her cafeteria tray went to waste.
sounds pretty fucked to me...
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