KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A Knoxville teen was issued a one-day suspension for “theft of property” after he took an extra chicken nugget in the lunch line, where he was charged three times for the meal.

Carson Koller is the senior captain of the Farragut High School drum line and an Eagle Scout, but to the school food police he’s a cold hard criminal, the Knoxville News Sentinel.

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On Monday, Koller was extra hungry for lunch and took six chicken nuggets on his way through the lunch line, instead of the standard five-nugget serving and the cafeteria cashier charged his lunch account three times for the meal – $2.50 for a “lunch entrée,” $2.75 for a “lunch,” and $2.75 for an “extra lunch,” a screenshot of his lunch account posted to Facebook by his mother shows.

“He was hungry. He took six total nuggets. He entered his number, and the cashier rang him up. The cashier then realized Carson had more food than what she calculated. He enter his number again and paid the additional charge,” Carrie Killer Waller, the student’s mother, wrote in a letter to principal Ryan Siebe that she posted to Facebook.

“Everything on his tray was paid for prior to walking away. He was then asked for his name and told to sit in another area and speak to the principal.”

The school sent Koller home with an out-of-school suspension notice that listed “theft of property” from the cafeteria as the reason, which his mother also posted to Facebook along with the screenshot of his lunch account and her frustration with the situation.

“My Eagle Scout, Captain of the drumline, all-around hardworking and well-rounded teenager just got suspended from a day of school (and after school band practice) for taking an extra chicken nugget from the lunch line,” Waller wrote.

“Maybe I’m missing parts of the story, but in the past, the cafeteria has never hesitated to charge Carson double for the amount of food he’s taken/eaten. Today he gets taken to the Principal’s office for this,” she continued.

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“I almost don’t have words here … but aren’t there kids who get free lunches? Does my son really deserve suspension over hunger, especially when they have the ability to charge his lunch account for the items (which they did!)? How is it theft if he paid for it?

“It’s food. FOOD! Not weapons. Not drugs. Not alcohol. Not cheating on a test. Not inappropriate clothing or profanity. Not fighting. Not calling in threats. Not vandalism. I’m shaking my head over this and not sure what to do … laugh, punish, argue, dress him up as the nugget bandit, or let it go.”

Waller followed up with a phone conversation with Siebe, which ultimately convinced him to reverse the suspension Tuesday morning, though Koller still missed some class time because of the issue.

“Principal Siebe reviewed the matter and found there was some misinformation about the details, and after further investigation, corrected the situation,” Knox County Schools spokeswoman Carly Harrington told the News Sentinel.

Waller later commended Siebe on Facebook for doing the right thing.

“He was very willing to review the situation and make things right,” she wrote. “Carson only missed part of his first class today.”