Teacher sends letter to parents criticizing student’s ‘unhealthy’ lunch

Teacher sends letter to parents criticizing student’s ‘unhealthy’ lunch

January 23, 2015

Kyle Olson

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http://eagnews.org/teacher-sends-letter-to-parents-criticizing-students-unhealthy-lunch/

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – A Kirksville School District substitute teacher believed a student’s lunch was too unhealthy to be eaten and scolded the child’s parents in a letter.

The father, Dr. Justin Puckett, posted the note to his Facebook page.

It reads:

Dr. and Mrs. Puckett –

The cafeteria reported to me that Alia’s today included four chocolate bars, a bag of marshmallows, Ritz crackers and a pickle. Please see that she packs a proper lunch tomorrow.

The father hit back, saying while all of those items were in his daughter’s lunch, there was more, too.

“Unfortunately, the letter didn’t have what she had, correctly. She had four pieces of ham, a whole protein meat, she also had some pickles, which we admittedly cheat on pickles every once and awhile as a vegetable, because some fights just aren’t worth having. She also had four marshmallows in a Ziploc bag and then she had three very small pieces of chocolate, of which she ate one for lunch and then she also gave her brother and another friend one at an after school program,” Puckett tells ABC 3.

The parent objected to the note and believes his parenting skills are being questioned.

“The issue isn’t what happened at the Primary School and with my daughter because she is very independent and going to be completely unaffected by this. But what does bother me is that it just seems that we are constantly being inundated with the inability to be parents of our children,” Puckett says.

At the bottom of the note, the teacher created a line and above it wrote, “Parent Signature Requested.”

“Request Declined,” Puckett wrote in return.

The father tells the news station its his responsibility to be a good parent and he would not pack an unhealthy lunch.

“I’m responsible for them and for the choices that they make and do whether it’s at school or not. I have the ultimate responsibility to raise my children and I take that role very, very seriously and so maybe I took it bit more personally that there was some offense that maybe I wasn’t doing a good job in that duty, something that is my number one job,” Puckett tells HeartlandConnection.com.

After the kerfuffle, the Primary School principal, Tricia Reger, called to apologize for the incident.

Superintendent Dr. Damon Kizzire weighed in as well, telling KTVO, “We have as educators been directed to provide healthy and nutritious foods for so long that we had an individual take it upon themselves to send a note home to parents. This will not happen again and I am sorry for any inconvenience.”

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ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Rhonda Weingarten is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, a director at the Economic Policy Institute, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, and was the president of the United Federation of Teachers.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, the Economic Policy Institute, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sundance Institute, and the Climate Reality Project.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Elizabeth E. Bailey is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and is an advocate for the ONE Campaign

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, an associate at Miner, Barnhill & Galland, and a contributor for Antoin Rezko.

Allison S. Davis was a partner at Miner, Barnhill & Galland, is a business partner with Antoin Rezko, and a co-founder for the DV Urban Realty Partners.

DV Urban Realty Partners is an investor in the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund.

Robert G. Vanecko is a co-founder for the DV Urban Realty Partners, and is Mayor Richard M. Daley’s nephew.

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Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Michelle Obama Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staffer, a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, is a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Rhonda Weingarten is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, a director at the Economic Policy Institute, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, and was the president of the United Federation of Teachers.

L. John Doerr is a director at the ONE Campaign, a director at the NewSchools Venture Fund, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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Robert Redford is an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard, a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the founder & president of the Sundance Institute.

Cindy Harrell-Horn is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and a director at the Climate Reality Project.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and was an Antoin Rezko contributor.

Allison S. Davis is Antoin Rezko’s business partner, a co-founder for the DV Urban Realty Partners, and was Miner, Barnhill & Galland.

DV Urban Realty Partners is an investor in the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund.

Robert G. Vanecko is a co-founder for the DV Urban Realty Partners, and is Mayor Richard M. Daley’s nephew.

Richard M. Daley is Robert G. Vanecko’s uncle, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the Chicago (IL) mayor, Valerie B. Jarrett was his deputy chief of staff, and Michelle Obama was his staffer.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to John F. Kerry.

John F. Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and was an Antoin Rezko contributor.

Allison S. Davis is Antoin Rezko’s business partner, a co-founder for the DV Urban Realty Partners, and was Miner, Barnhill & Galland.

DV Urban Realty Partners is an investor in the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund.

Barack Obama was a contributor for Antoin Rezko, an associate at Miner, Barnhill & Galland, and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and is an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Rhonda Weingarten is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, a director at the Economic Policy Institute, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, and was the president of the United Federation of Teachers.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, the Economic Policy Institute, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sundance Institute, and the Climate Reality Project.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.