Barack Obama’s favorite food may be broccoli (uh-huh), but it sure isn’t going over well with America’s students. An increasing number of school districts are finding their food budgets in the red. And it’s not from the pizza sauce.

After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to comply with Michelle Obama’s newest food mandates for public schools, the kids are not buying it. Smaller portions, higher prices, and less of the foods they love, are compelling kids to bring lunches from home. And rather than educating our kids, many teachers are now complaining about Big Brother Sister sticking her schnoz into the lunch trays of their students.

“I’m a registered dietitian,” said Amy Anderson, the food service director for the Carmel Clay School District in Indiana. “I used to feel that I was an educator and part of the education system. I currently feel like I’m a food cop,” she said. “I don’t get credit for the 98 percent of our kids who are within normal weight range. I only get slammed for the 2 to 3 percent who aren’t.”

Ms. Anderson is afraid this most recent fiasco coming from the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do crowd occupying our White House will force her into retirement. Michelle Obama’s lunch program has cost the district $300,000 in lost revenue. But Ms. Anderson’s district is not the only one that Michelle Obama’s school lunch program is causing hunger headaches.