From Fox North Carolina. (H/T Ari)
Excerpt:
A Hoke County preschooler was fed chicken nuggets for lunch because a state worker felt that her homemade lunch did not have enough nutritional value, according to a report by the Carolina Journal.
The West Hoke Elementary School student was in her More at Four classroom when a state employee who was inspecting lunch boxes decided that her packed lunch — which consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips — “did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines,” the Journal reports.
The decision was made under consideration of a regulation put in place by the the Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs to meet USDA guidelines.
“When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must supplement them with the missing ones,” the Journal reports.
The student’s mother told the Journal she received a note from the school about the incident and was charged $1.25 for the cafeteria tray, from which her daughter ate three chicken nuggets.
The note explained how students who did not bring “healthy lunches” would be offered the missing portions and that parents could be charged for the cost of the cafeteria food, the Journal reports.
My friend Wes homeschools his kids, and he read this story and asked why these parents had their kid in a government-run day care in the first place.
I think that the reason why is because the family probably pays 30% in taxes already, including being forced to pay for public schools that often don’t provide a quality education. They have no money left over for private schools after paying for failing public schools, and every other ridiculous life-equalization social program. It’s amazing to me how parents have money automatically deducted from their pockets to pay for schools that do things like this to their children. And the answer is, of course, to stop funding public schools directly and provide parents with a voucher, so that parents can choose the education option that works for them.
WINTERY KNIGHT 
Can someone enlighten me. What was wrong with that lunch. Turkey protein, bread and chips, carbohydrate, cheese fat, fruit and a drink. What was missing please. It’s snack lunch, not a full dinner, I presume like my kids, they have their dinner at night as a family. The government goes on about obesity, then starts stuffing the kids up.
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*If a professional dietitian reads this please correct me if I’m wrong in my thinking.
The kids lunch sounded healthy enough to me. I personally would have not given my kid potato chips because I like to eat healthy and will promote healthy eating with my kid(s). The turkey sandwich was a good choice. Turkey meat has good fats and plenty of protein. Cheese? One slice is fine and has nutritional value. Banana? Also good. Apple juice? Well, I’m sure it had added sugar and depending on the brand/type, it may have had just as much sugar as a can of soda. Overall though, not a bad lunch.
Chicken nuggets are a poor choice and I wouldn’t at all think they’re a healthy option. One, the meat is probably all filler. Two, chicken nuggets require a batter of some kind which is not healthy at all. Three, it was probably fried or cooked with loads of butter, again, not healthy, not good for the body. So why in the world did the lunch room bully (using bully because its the thing to do these days) give the kid chicken nuggets to make the lunch “healthier”? I think to exercise unneeded and unwanted power given to them by the bloated, unhealthy, overreaching government.
In my county, roughly 60% of citizens’ tax dollars go to the board of education.
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Wow, what a joke. I love how the government gets to decide what is best for your children (sarcastic tone).
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