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NC Pre-K (before this year known as More at Four) is a state-funded education program designed to “enhance school readiness” for four year-olds
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A state inspector assessing the pre-K program at the school said the girl also needed a vegetable, so the inspector ordered a full school lunch tray for her. While the four-year-old was still allowed to eat her home lunch
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students who do not bring a healthy lunch will be offered the missing portions which may result in a fee from the cafeteria.
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The principal of West Hoke Elementary, Jackie Samuels, says none of the children’s parents were asked to pay for the school food.
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The (state) government inspector was from the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised program at the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program gives schools a grade based on standards that include USDA meal guidelines enforced by the N.C. Division of Early Childhood Development.
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Some significant and important differences from the Fox article.