Sentences with phrase «participation in the school meal program»

Why do we need to increase participation in school meal programs?

If you are trying to change the food in the cafeteria, anything you can do to increase student participation in the school meal programs makes the food service department's job easier.

In an ideal world (similar, in some ways, to the one Janet Poppendieck envisions in Free for All: Fixing School Food in America) kids would get the food education they sorely need, while campuses would be closed to require participation in the school meal program (unless a lunch is brought from home).

All HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL schools will promote healthy food and beverage choices for all students throughout the school campus, as well as encourage participation in school meal programs.

SNA also regularly provides summary reports on current policies across the United States including mandates for participation in school meal programs, if a state provides an additional funding and the form it takes, and if a state implements additional nutritional standards outside those set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Research and common sense point to a range of benefits and also show that it is within schools» power to increase both student participation in school meal programs and the nutritional value of school meals.

Jessica Shelly, food service director for the Cincinnati Public Schools, said that one of the district's goals was to increase participation in its school meals program, and that participation increased from 48 percent to 69 percent when a greater variety of food was offered as a part of the meal.