Students dump healthy lunches
An Indiana school district says it wasted $300,000 last year because its students are rejecting the school’s new healthy lunch program, which was designed by First Lady Michelle Obama. Students in the Carmel Clay district are dumping vegetables and fruit in the garbage, or skipping lunch altogether, said food service director Linda Wireman. “There are a lot of complaints they’re going home hungry,” Wireman said.
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