Sentences with phrase «federally subsidized lunches»

In Boulder Valley, the majority — about 70 percent — of students are white, while about 21 percent qualify for federally subsidized lunches.

About 14 percent of the students are white and all are eligible for federally subsidized lunches, an indicator of poverty.

About 46 percent are eligible for federally subsidized lunches, an indicator of poverty.

• In central Phoenix, seventh - graders at Friendly House Academia del Pueblo, a K - 8 charter school where nearly all students qualify for federally subsidized lunches, showed remarkable gains in math in 2009.

The school lunch rules apply to federally subsidized lunches served at reduced or no cost to low - income children.

Federally subsidized lunches must have a certain number of vegetables to be served.

Not exact matches

Last week, the Department of Agriculture proposed new guidelines for nutritional standards in the federally subsidized school lunch program.

The Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA), the law that governs the National School Lunch Program and other federally subsidized child nutrition programs, is set to expire on September 30, 2015, at which point lawmakers must decide... Read more

Even before I started The Lunch Tray, I'd read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed lLunch Tray, I'd read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed lunchlunch.

The district spends about $ 1.2 million each year on its food service program, which includes lunch and a federally subsidized breakfast program, and breaks even, Kenney said.

The food service directors I have interviewed uniformly believed that they must sell such items in order to break even and that the a la carte sales were subsidizing the official, federally regulated school lunch.

One potential obstacle to the program is the refusal of many school districts to install salad bars for food - safety reasons and because of cumbersome USDA rules governing the federally subsidized school lunch program that feeds some 31 million U.S. school children every day.

At a June meeting between Houston ISD Food Services and its Parent Advisory Commitee, some PAC members suggested that rather than offering junk food, the a la carte menu could also be a way to offer foods that are more healthful than the regular school lunch — salads, fresh sandwich wraps and the like — but which are too expensive to serve under the federally subsidized program.

Second, according to Poppendieck, by offering junk food in the same venue as the regular meal, the school district may feel pressured to keep the federally subsidized school lunch competitive by offering its own version of «junk food» items (hence the prevalence of pizza on school menus).

For many children, the federally - subsidized meals program, where milk is a required element at breakfast and at lunch, is an important source of calcium and vitamin D — at least when school is in session.

The USDA reports that children who participate in the federally - subsidized lunch program are four times as likely to drink milk at school than other children.

One potential obstacle to the program is the refusal of many school districts to install salad bars for sanitation reasons and because of cumbersome USDA rules governing the federally - subsidized school lunch program that feeds some 31 million U.S. school children every day.

While milk has been the keystone of America's school lunches since the federally subsidized program was established in 1946, the role of chocolate (and other flavored) milk has become a focus of late following a 2006 rule that required schools to establish comprehensive «wellness programs.»

For those needing a refresher, «competitive food» is food that competes with the federally subsidized breakfast and lunch programs.

In an effort to stem high childhood obesity levels, the new guidelines set limits on calories and salt, and they phase in more whole grains in federally subsidized meals served in schools» main lunch line.

WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department says 524 schools — out of about 100,000 — have dropped out of the federally subsidized national school lunch program since the government introduced new standards for healthier foods last year.

NSBA does not support additional regulations or mandates on schools outside of the federally subsidized school lunch and breakfast programs.