Not exact matches
If you know a
school food service director there, we would be ecstatic to receive an application
from them.
When Misti Figueroa made the career switch
from restaurant chef to
Food Service Director for Cardinal Ritter High
School in Indiana, she discovered the lunch menu was, well, «simplistic» at best.
I have heard
from food service directors who support the standards, whose
schools were early adopters — and are certainly among the 95 % that are in full compliance — that they encounter problems in implementation that interfere with achievement of the underlying goal (healthier
food, healthier kids).
We discussed the final regulations, and how the new standards differ
from current requirements, with moderator Cindy Brooks, Chair of the
School Nutrition Association Public Policy & Legislation Committee and guest speakers Sam Kass (White House Assistant Chef, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy
Food Initiatives), Dr. Janey Thornton, PhD, SNS (Deputy Under Secretary for
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services at USDA), and Melissa Rothstein (Deputy
Director, Child Nutrition Programs at USDA).
Guidance Materials: A February 2005 memo to
School Food Services Directors / Managers
from the state Department of Education provides guidance and suggestions for creating local wellness policies, including links to resources, background information, rationales, and policy process guidance.
The KSHFP surveyed 489
school nutrition
directors from across the country about their implementation of the new standards as of the 2014 - 15
school year, then shared their responses with a panel of 11 expert
food service directors who offered their own insights and recommendations.
Cooking
from Scratch in
Schools — The Greatest Food Service Challenge of Our TimeOur Executive Director, Beth Collins has a great article published in the August issue of Prevent Obesity about changing the way food is cooked in our s
Schools — The Greatest
Food Service Challenge of Our TimeOur Executive Director, Beth Collins has a great article published in the August issue of Prevent Obesity about changing the way food is cooked in our scho
Food Service Challenge of Our TimeOur Executive
Director, Beth Collins has a great article published in the August issue of Prevent Obesity about changing the way
food is cooked in our scho
food is cooked in our
schoolsschools.
This week you will have the opportunity to read interviews
from the teachers, principals, administrators, and
food service directors who work tirelessly and understand the need for increasing participation, decreasing barriers, and raising awareness of
school breakfast programs in our nation's
schools.
The district must have written support
from the superintendent, district
food service director, and principals of participating
schools
Important details: To apply for an AASA mini-grant, the
school district superintendent must be a member of AASA; proposed
schools must have 50 percent or greater free / reduced eligibility, and average breakfast participation must be at or below 40 percent; written support
from superintendent, district
food service director, and principals are required.
They have a high bar to reach considering the Senate plan was passed unanimously out of Committee and is supported by such a broad range of stakeholders — everyone ranging
from retired military leaders to the public health community to anti-hunger groups to
school food service directors.
The suggestion about saving money by making some things
from scratch came
from Kathy Irion, the
food service director at the Arlington Vermont
schools.
When it comes to making changes to
school lunch options around the country,
food service directors are often met with resistance
from staff, parents, and students.
When Misti Figueroa made the career switch
from restaurant chef to
Food Service Director for Cardinal Ritter High
School in Indiana, she discovered the lunch menu was, well, «simplistic» at best.
Founding members included three principals (one
from each level), five parents, a
school nurse, the
food services director, the district Section 504 coordinator, the
director for legal relations and the chief operating officer.
The information presented in this report is based on a self - administered, online survey of
school food service directors or their designees (primarily
food service managers)
from a nationally representative sample of the administrators of public
school food authorities.
The subcommittee's chairman, GOP Rep. Robert Aderholt of Alabama, told Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that he is receiving complaints
from schools and
from the
School Nutrition Association, which represents school food - service directors, that some schools are facing both a financial and logistical burden in implementing the new school - meals programs and are requesting a
School Nutrition Association, which represents
school food - service directors, that some schools are facing both a financial and logistical burden in implementing the new school - meals programs and are requesting a
school food -
service directors, that some
schools are facing both a financial and logistical burden in implementing the new
school - meals programs and are requesting a
school - meals programs and are requesting a delay.
Well, now you can get solid information
from a resource all your own: an anonymous
food services director from a relatively large, urban
school district has agreed to give straight answers to Lunch Tray readers» questions!
The 5 - day Cook for America ® Culinary Boot Camps cover all basic competencies necessary to prepare
food service directors, kitchen managers, lead cooks, and support staff to run professional, cooked -
from - scratch
school lunch operations.
In this regard, Parker is no different
from any other conservative pundit or Republican House member persuaded by the SNA's reports of increased
food waste and student rejection of healthier
food (reports strongly disputed by many respected
school food service directors) to justify a return to daily pizza and fries.
Another of our favorite pieces is
from August 2012; read our interview with Jessica Shelly,
Food Services Director at Des Moines Public
Schools, to learn about how reimbursable vending machines changed the
school breakfast landscape.
Jeffrey Mills, former
Director of
Food and Nutrition
Services for D.C. Public
Schools is photographed at his home on April 30, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Mills was fired
from his job after he reported mismanagement, fraud, and overfilling by one of the
school system's largest contractors.
The whistleblower lawsuit was brought by Jeffrey Mills, executive
director of the
school system's Office of
Food and Nutritional
Services from 2010 until he was fired in early 2013.
Jeffrey Mills, former
director of
food and nutrition
services for D.C. Public
Schools, was fired
from his job after he alleged mismanagement and fraud.
In this post
from the Let's Move Blog, author Jennifer Seymour talks about Chef Tim Cipriano, the Executive
Director of
Food Services at New Haven Public
Schools who was able to get salad bars into almost all of his schools thi
Schools who was able to get salad bars into almost all of his
schools thi
schools this year.
Oneida County Youth Bureau
Director Kevin Green has recognized youth volunteers
from The Center for Family Life and Recovery, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, John Bosco House, Utica Safe
Schools / Underground Café and Dodge Pratt Northam Art Community all performed community
service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway for Utica children, making Christmas cards to send to veterans and
service members, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Walk to end Alzheimer's, Out of the Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide, Making Strides to end Breast Cancer Walk, cleaning senior citizen's yards, preparing
food and serving meals at local
food pantries, youth mentoring and tutoring and other community activities.
Oneida County Youth Bureau
Director Robert Roth said youth volunteers
from The Boys and Girls Club of the Mohawk Valley, Compeer of the Mohawk Valley, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Center for Family Life and Recovery, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, Utica Municipal Housing Authority, Utica Safe
Schools / Healthy Students / Underground Café and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley performed community
service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway program for Utica children, collecting and distributing clothing to the children who reside in Utica's Municipal Housing Authority locations, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Multiple Sclerosis Walk and the American Cancer Walk, collecting
food, preparing and serving meals at local
food pantries, collecting donations and goods to aid animals at the Stevens Swan Humane Society and other community activities.
Oneida County Youth Bureau
Director Bob Roth said youth volunteers
from The Boys and Girls Club of the Mohawk Valley, The Center for Family Life and Recovery, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, Upstate Cerebral Palsy, Utica Safe
Schools / Underground Café and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley performed community
service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway for Utica children, making Christmas cards to send to veterans and
service members, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Walk to end Alzheimer's and Rome's Relay for Life, cleaning senior citizen's yards, preparing
food and serving meals at local
food pantries, folding and stuffing envelopes at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other community activities.
From that realization came a new project called Fresh
Food in Schools, intended to build relationships between farmers and school food service direct
Food in
Schools, intended to build relationships between farmers and
school food service direct
food service directors.