School lunches shrink as one NC school district feels heat from government shutdown

The federal government’s budget stalemate over border security is causing lunches to shrink at one eastern North Carolina school district.

Vance County Schools officials announced on Facebook late Tuesday that lunch menus “have been revised to a minimum level to conserve food and funding” starting Jan. 21. The county is about 50 miles northeast of Durham, along the Virginia state line.

Fresh produce, bottled juices and water, and even ice cream are among the items being nixed.

“The Vance County Schools Nutrition Program for students is self-supporting with federal funds providing meals,” says the post. “We hope that normal lunch menus can be resumed as soon as possible once the shutdown has ended.”

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