The school district reports it has about $20,000 in lunch debt owed to it.

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. (WTHR) — Parents in one Pennsylvania school district received a threatening letter over their school lunch debt.

The letter was sent to about a thousand parents who owed money to the school's lunch program.

It informed them that the district can take them to court and they risked losing their children to foster kid if they didn't pay. The letter said the district had cause because the parent's weren't feeding their children if they weren't paying for school lunches.

After backlash from parents and the story making the news, the school district is now retracting those claims. The district said a new letter will go out that is not as stern.