( CNN ) -- In a battle over healthier school lunches that pitted the Obama administration against school children , chalk up a point for the kids . Students have been complaining that some of their favorite foods were taken off the plate because of the Obama administration 's efforts to make school lunches healthier . High school students in Kansas made a video called `` We Are Hungry , '' complete with feigned fainting that 's been viewed more than a million times on YouTube . Last week , the administration reversed some of the new school lunch rules , and the kids are happy again , says Dave Porter , superintendent of Wallace County , Kansas , schools . `` Even though we 're a small town in rural western Kansas , Washington did hear us , '' he said . `` Our concerns were listened to . '' Under the original rules , which went into effect at the beginning of the school year , schools could n't serve spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread because it includes too many grains . A grilled chicken sandwich with a side order of celery sticks and a bit of peanut butter for dipping was also forbidden because it made for too many servings of protein . Now , garlic bread and peanut butter are back on the plate . `` These changes are wonderful . They give us back flexibility , '' said Sandra Ford , president of the national School Nutrition Association . Do you agree with the changes ? Some of the original changes just did n't make sense , Ford said . For example , she had to stop serving her own students peanut butter and jelly sandwiches some days because the bread put her over the federal government 's grain limit . `` Children cried , '' said Ford , director of food and nutrition services at Manatee County , Florida , schools . `` For some of them peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are all they would eat . '' Video : 'No fat kids at school ? ' Schools still have to follow calorie limits and fruit and vegetable requirements that were part of the healthier school lunch changes . The secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture , which administers the school lunch program , said it anticipated some modifications would need to be made in the school lunch rules . `` USDA has asked for , and states and schools have provided us with , valuable feedback , '' Secretary Thomas Vilsack wrote in a letter last week to Sen. John Hoeven , R-North Dakota , who had expressed concern about the changes .
Students complained federal school lunch rules removed their favorites . The Daily Meal says the new rule is a "victory for kids and families who want to eat healthy food in schools. `` Children cried '' over the loss of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches , one director says .