Students Accidentally Served Baked Dirt at Maine High School Event

May 19, 2026

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A Maine high school was recently forced to issue a rather odd apology for an "unfortunate accidental incident" wherein some students were inadvertently fed baked dirt at a dinner event. Medomak Valley High School in the community of Waldoboro posted the peculiar mea culpa last Thursday following its annual 'Empty Bowl Supper' gathering the previous evening. In the hours leading up to the event, the school explained, a science class had conducted an experiment in which students "baked potting soil" to see how this might later influence plant growth.

More on this bizarre story at the Coast to Coast AM website.

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