Parents of students in a Scioto County school district were notified on Friday that theirchildren's lunches may have contained boll weevil beetles.
New Boston Local Schools said some lunches served on Thursday may have contained the bugs afterthey were found in a bag of noodles, 10TV News reported.
The New Boston superintendent said a cook found the bugs in the noodles and alerted the lunchsupervisor, who strained the bugs from the noodles and then cooked and served them to the studentsover mashed potatoes.
The lunches were served in all three of the district's schools.
The district's food services director resigned and two food service workers were placed onunpaid leave, the superintendent said.
The Scioto County Health Department is investigating but said it does not think students will besickened by the lunches.
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