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School Sends Child's Lunch Home After Determining it Unhealthy

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-lunch-for-you dept.

halfEvilTech writes "A North Carolina mom is irate after her four-year-old daughter returned home late last month with an uneaten lunch the mother had packed for the girl earlier that day. But she wasn't mad because the daughter decided to go on a hunger strike. Instead, the reason the daughter didn't eat her lunch is because someone at the school determined the lunch wasn't healthy enough and sent it back home. What was wrong with the lunch? That's still a head-scratcher because it didn't contain anything egregious: a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice. But for the inspector on hand that day, it didn't meet the healthy requirements."

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  1. Well.. by pimpsoftcom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it didn't have what plants crave?

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    1. Re:Well.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      She could have gotten Brawndo from a drinking fountain.

    2. Re:Well.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Water? Like from the toilet?

  2. No Chicken Nuggets. by hawks5999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All school kids need chicken nuggets.

  3. No, seriously. by sonoftheright · · Score: 5, Funny

    It sounds like the inspector just wanted a turkey sandwich.

  4. Re:Despicable by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny

    He wasn't referring to the student, he meant the Conservative blogger.

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  5. Re:one more reason to homeschool by WiiVault · · Score: 3, Funny

    So saith "Adult film producer"!

  6. Re:BOGUS STORY by Galestar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Most people eat meat and dairy. You want to be a vegetarian, fine. Just stop trying to push your lifestyle choices onto others. Also, get off my lawn.

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  7. Re:Despicable by MachineShedFred · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, that's because you're capable of rational thought.

    If this isn't the perfect example of a political bulldozer being used to make a mountain out of a mole hill, I don't know what is.

    Disclaimer: I'm no fan of this administration, but not even the Undersecretary for Primary Education has visibility at the individual school district level, much less the President of the United States.

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