“Brown bag lunches are a thing of the past for the school’s parents and students. Carmona has banned them from campus.
Chicago Public Schools permits principals to decide how to handle home-packed lunches, reports the Los Angeles Times. While some merely confiscate sugary and salty snacks, Little Village Academy has stopped allowing them altogether.
Instead, children without medical exceptions are required to eat a school lunch whether they like it or not.”
https://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2011/04/chicago-public-school-bans-bag-lunches.html
they just want those federal dollars!