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
to convey my respect and empathy
for school food service directors (FSDs) around the country, -LSB-...]
Better training
for school food service directors has to be included for running a better operation.
Not exact matches
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 Dis
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 Dis
School Districts as well as working
for Houston Independent
School Dis
School 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 s
Schools, 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 lu
School District and president of SNA - WI, said there have also been improvements to
school lu
school 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 gro
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 gro
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 groups.
Food service directors usually do n`t know until August of each year what USDA commodities will be available
for their
schools.