Sentences with phrase «for school food service directors»

Better training for school food service directors has to be included for running a better operation.

to convey my respect and empathy for school food service directors (FSDs) around the country, -LSB-...]

By: Bettina Elias SiegelMSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT (The Lunch Tray) readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to... Read more

MSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to pay.

By: Bettina Elias SiegelMSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT (The Lunch Tray) readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to... Read more

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Contact your college's director of dining services and ask what the process is for recycling or donating food that isn't used by the school.

Since becoming the food service director for Ellensburg School District three years ago Garmong has been working to make big changes to the food served in his cafeterias.

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.

The Boulder Valley School District in Colorado, where I am director of food services, is building a central kitchen, which will eventually cook upwards of 20,000 meals per day for our students, faculty and staff.

This is not to say that we should throw up our hands in defeat and accept highly processed foods for our kids, but it's important to remember that even the most well - meaning food services director may be facing insurmountable hurdles in the effort to improve school meals.

Imagine that you've been crowned Food Services Director for a huge urban school district (say, Houston) and can change the menus any way you like.

Imagine that you've been crowned Food Services Director for a huge urban school district (say, Houston) and can change the menus any way you... [Continue reading]

Code 37-13-137 (2010) requires the Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to provide comprehensive training for food service directors food service managers of local school districts on marketing healthy foods, creating a healthy cafeteria environment, effective and efficient food service operations, the standards and expectations of food service staff, and other topics as identified by the department.

KRS 158.852 (2005) requires each school district to appoint a food service director who is responsible for the management and oversight of the food service program in the district.

By providing a tasting to families before the start of the school year, the district hopes to build support for the «envelope - pushing» items and win over even the pickiest elementary and middle school students, said Coletta Hines - Newell, the district's food service director.

Using the tasting to introduce and build support for «envelop - pushing» school lunches will hopefully mean winning over even the pickiest elementary and middle school kids, said Coletta Hines - Newell, the district's food service director who also creates the recipes.

McDonald's is somewhat less common, said Tami Cline, a registered dietitian and director of nutrition and education for the American School Food Service Association.

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).

Orlando has 25 years experience in school food service having been the Director for San Francisco Unified and Los Angeles Unified School Districts as well as working for Houston Independent School Disschool food service having been the Director for San Francisco Unified and Los Angeles Unified School Districts as well as working for Houston Independent School DisSchool Districts as well as working for Houston Independent School DisSchool District.

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.

Having been a Elementary School Food Service Director for 16 years, I can certainly attest and echo your comments and concerns.

That is to say, Lunch Money is a really great way for parents to get up to speed on how school lunch programs operate and areas where there may be clear room for improvement, but no parent should assume that just by reading Lunch Money he or she fully understands the challenges faced by their own food services director.

Beverly is the Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Sarasota County Schools, Florida, where she manages the child nutrition operations of 50 sSchools, Florida, where she manages the child nutrition operations of 50 schoolsschools.

When precise nutritional or allergen information is important to you due to a diet restriction, an allergy, or a medical condition, the information in this web application isn't a substitute for discussing your situation with your school food service director and following their guidance as well as reading any labels, ingredient lists and warnings provided in the cafeteria.

The Boulder Valley School District in Colorado, where I am director of food services, is building a central kitchen, which will eventually cook upwards of 20,000 meals per day for our students, faculty and staff.

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.

Lynne Shore, Food Service Director at the Willamina School District, OR, has been recognized for her work providing students healthy and unique school meals for over 30 School District, OR, has been recognized for her work providing students healthy and unique school meals for over 30 school meals for over 30 years.

The Chicago Public School food service department will try both the food - based and nutrient - based programs for what best fits its 600 lunch programs, says Jack Costello, food service director.

«Distribution and supply make it difficult (for producers) to contribute fresh fruits and vegetables (through the commodities program),» said Claudie Phillips, assistant director of the department of food services for Chicago Public 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.

We love this interview with Tom Tanner, director of food services for Rochester schools in New Hampshire; listen as Tanner makes the case for breakfast - in - the - classroom during an appearance on New Hampshire Public Radio.

It's hard for me, as an outsider, to fully understand how your district operates but it sounds like your food services director is referring to the US commodity food that school districts may use to prepare meals.

«In Arlington Heights, we're not seeing a lot of needy kids, but these families are very busy,» said Coletta Hines - Newell, the director of food services for Arlington Heights Elementary School District 25, where officials kicked the pilot breakfast program last week.

«We found that one out of six kids hadn't had breakfast before they got to school — and it wasn't tied to socio - economic status,» said Mary Begallethe director of food and nutrition service for the Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning.

And if you're a layperson like me, I also recommend taking a look at the slides for this 2012 School Nutrition Association presentation by two food service directors, just to get a taste of the struggles districts face in handling this delicate issue and the costs they incur both in lost meal charges in trying to collect on delinquent accounts.

My own Food Services Director had told me that it had taken a relatively long time for FOCUS to make improvements in the poultry made available to schools, and that it was still hard to get products meeting the group's poultry specifications.

But Meghan Gibbons, director of nutrition services for the district, said the initiative is also closely tied to new government food regulatory requirements for schools.

Although the food service director likely has no control over the cafeteria time allotment, he / she might be able to point to other barriers that make lengthening the lunch difficult (ratio of students: cafeteria size etc., budget for labor) 6) Schedule a meeting with the school principal and share your concerns and ask how you might help to arrive at a solution.

Also known as the «Renegade Lunch Lady,» Chef Ann serves as the Director of Food Services for Boulder Valley School District in Boulder, Colorado.

She currently serves as the Food Services Director for the Boulder Valley School District.

For example, the district - wide food service director can not make decisions about the length of the school lunch period.

Diane Agrell, director of food service for the Winneconne Community School District and president of SNA - WI, said there have also been improvements to school luSchool District and president of SNA - WI, said there have also been improvements to school luschool lunches.

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.

This year, Denver Public Schools students have already harvested more than 1,000 pounds of garden produce for school lunches as part of a program cooked up by school food service director Leo Lesh.

Leah Schmidt, SNS School Nutrition Association President Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Hickman Mills C - 1 School District (Missouri)

All of the school food service directors interviewed for this story are members of the association.

School food service directors, if you dare publicly disagree with the policy direction of the School Nutrition Association (SNA) you are in for an unpleasant surprise.

«Patty is the epitome of an ordinary individual doing extraordinary things for the children and families of Hammond, Indiana,» said School City of Hammond Director of Food and Nutrition Services Christine Clarahan.

But I am also linking to a piece I posted this morning on our sister blog — Better D.C. School Food — where it was explained that food service directors do not see a historical basis for parsing out federal subsidies as belonging to one income group of children as opposed to any other groFood — where it was explained that food service directors do not see a historical basis for parsing out federal subsidies as belonging to one income group of children as opposed to any other grofood service directors do not see a historical basis for parsing out federal subsidies as belonging to one income group of children as opposed to any other groups.

Food service directors usually do n`t know until August of each year what USDA commodities will be available for their schools.