Und now, ze cafeteria polizei

Yet another reason to homeschool... we don't have to obtain State approval for the lunches we fix...

A mother in Hoke County complains her daughter was forced to eat a school lunch because a government inspector determined her home-made lunch did not meet nutrition requirements. In fact, all of the students in the NC Pre-K program classroom at West Hoke Elementary School in Raeford had to accept a school lunch in addition to their lunches brought from home...

While the four-year-old was still allowed to eat her home lunch, the girl was forced to take a helping of chicken nuggets, milk, a fruit and a vegetable to supplement her sack lunch.
The mother says the girl was so intimidated by the inspection process that she was too scared to eat all of her homemade lunch. The girl ate only the chicken nuggets provided to her by the school, so she still didn’t eat a vegetable...

The mother, who lives in Fayetteville, sent a statement to state Rep. G.L. Pridgen (R-Robeson) detailing her complaint. Pridgen says he was shocked to hear it. Pridgen has since learned this is a nationwide practice based on federal guidelines.

Because, you see, there's nothing more important for the Federal government to be doing than inflating the numbers for subsidized lunches policing what mothers choose to put in the brown bags they give their children. Heaven forbid these children grow up to think they or their parents might make good choices without bureaucratic intervention.  They might get all... independent or something...

If any of you thought I was unfairly hyperbolic labeling a recent post "Public Schools: breeding grounds of totalitarianism," please realize that was a polite tone-down of what I really think of the institution as it now exists.