Teen calls out school cafeteria’s ‘grilled cheese’ lunch in viral post

This is barely better than bread and water.

A high school student in in St. Cloud, Minn., called out her cafeteria food as disgusting with a viral image that showed a pathetic-looking tray containing little more than a few baby carrots and hot dog bun covered in congealed cheese.

“It’s honestly sad to know that we go to school and pay around 3 dollars for something that cost .50 cents to make,” Maryn Holler posted on a Facebook post on Sept. 13.

In addition to nine baby carrots and the bizarre attempt at grilled cheese, the sad blue plastic tray also had a container that said marinara sauce on the label.

“I thank God everyday that my family has the money where i get to go home and eat actual food,” Holler wrote, “there are kids at this school who this is ALL THEY GET TO EAT, and we were given a hotdog bun with cheese.”

The school district posted a bid to remedy the “goof.”

“Oops! We goofed. Tried a new menu item today at lunch and we hear it was not a winner!” St. Cloud Area School District 742 quipped on Facebook. “Going forward, we will gather input from our students on new menu options. Thanks for the feedback!”

District officials also reached out to the hungry student directly hoping she could help institute change.

“I had a meeting with my school principal and was told I get to have a meeting with the districts nutritionist. Will keep it updated,” Holler said in an update to her original post. “This is the start of something that could forever change my district.”

But the district’s “apology” received mix reactions from parents.

“This cannot even qualify as a balanced meal, can it? I know this for sure, any more ‘new menu’ items that resemble this garbage, and I’ll be pursuing a refund for the balance left in our food account,” said Mike Abraham on Facebook.

Another was quick to blame Michelle Obama, whose school lunch rules were targeted by the Trump administration for requiring strict calorie limits.

“Michelle Obama was very proud of f—ing up the school lunch federal standard,” Bryan Koering posted.

But others were supportive of the lunch ladies’ efforts.

“Oh my gosh find something to complain about that matters! The people preparing and serving your children are doing their best with very limited choices. They have to deal with so many restrictions,” posted Susie Bieniek. “Why don’t you take a minute to THANK THEM for working hard everyday to put a meal together for your children.”