>A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because a state employee told her the lunch her mother packed was not nutritious.
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>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 agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.
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>Can you guess why this lunch was rejected?
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>http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/homemade-lunch-replaced-with-cafeteria-nuggets.html
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>If you answered because the State knows better than you how to feed your children, you are correct.

If you read the whole article, you see that the state official they talked to said the school went overboard (and that this particular bag lunch sounded good). The regulation seems to be that if a kid comes in with a meal that doesn't meet the USDA guidelines, they're to offer the missing pieces, not take the lunch away. That seems like a reasonable approach.

Tamar