ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A food service company spokesman said Friday it has fired four employees after about two dozen students at a Massachusetts middle school were denied lunches this week because their prepaid meal accounts ran low.

“There is a zero tolerance for any individual who leaves a child hungry,” said Todd Shapiro, a spokesman for Islandia, N.Y.-based Whitsons Culinary Group.

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