"This just breaks my heart," Bowden told the Idaho Statesman. "I was in the wrong, but what do you do when the kid tells you that they're hungry, and they don't have any money? I handed her the tray."

"We didn't take a meal away from a child," Howell told the Idaho Statesman.

A photo with a letter to Bowden posted Dec. 19 indicates that the district fired her.

She started a GoFundMe to "fight back."

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Atlanta art and antiques appraiser and auctioneer Allan Baitcher (right) takes bids during a 2020 auction. Baitcher and his company, Peachtree Antiques, are being sued by a Florida multimillionaire who says he paid them $20 million for fakes. (AJC 2020)

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