Sentences with phrase «see in our school district»

Its so discouraging to see in our school district how the idea of salad bars is so quickly dismissed.

Yet the urban ring mayors saw in their school district systems the same structural flaws that the urban mayors saw in theirs.

In contrast with the incoherent attempts at professional learning often seen in school districts across the United States, many other countries prioritize professional learning for their teachers.

Not exact matches

In Oakland, one of the nation's most diverse cities, Jackson says he would like to see Uber hire local workers and businesses and invest in the community, including the Oakland Unified School DistricIn Oakland, one of the nation's most diverse cities, Jackson says he would like to see Uber hire local workers and businesses and invest in the community, including the Oakland Unified School Districin the community, including the Oakland Unified School District.

The Lakeland Catholic School District (LCSD) has seen consistent growth in enrolment over the last...

If I were running the government, I would see to it that school districts that serve the poor would have a larger share of the tax revenue than school districts that serve the affluent, for in the poor districts there is far more ground to be made up to provide the open equality of opportunity, and equality of opportunity must be a part of every just society.

From there, jump on over to our Donate to the Program section to see which school districts are in the queue for receiving salad bars.

So before we ever see federal funding levels adequate to finance «real food,» «clean label» meals like those in this Minnesota district, it's going to take a truly seismic shift in how our nation thinks generally about food and the feeding of its school children.

Though Wilma works in a public school district rather than a private catering service, I think you'll see that she and Justin share many of the same challenges.

Do you work in a district in one of our ten target states, and would like to see breakfast - in - the - classroom in your school?

That might have reassured LAUSD since then viewers could see that a lot of the problems in school food, including theirs, presumably, relate to the severe lack of adequate funding to school districts.

[24] Since the federal reimbursement for a free meal is $ 2.68 (see Table 1), the revenue generated by each paid meal in these districts falls 61 cents short in elementary schools and 27 cents short in high schools, on average.

There are so many things I'd love to see tackled when it comes to school lunch, especially in my children's district, like the lack of kitchen space to prepare fresh foods, the lack of variety of fruits and vegetables, and the seemingly endless breaded chicken in various forms.

The high school kind of serves as a guinea pig to see what will be successful elsewhere in the district.

Walla Walla, June 2013 Food services staff from school districts in SE Washington came together on a rare rainy day in Walla Walla to visit Blue Mountain Seed to learn about chickpea production and processing, tour Welcome Table Farm to see vegetable production and visit the farm animals.

The National School Board Association (NSBA), long aligned with the SNA on these nutritional roll - backs, yesterday released the results of a survey of 650 school leaders which reportedly found that, since the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act regulations went into effect, «83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.&School Board Association (NSBA), long aligned with the SNA on these nutritional roll - backs, yesterday released the results of a survey of 650 school leaders which reportedly found that, since the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act regulations went into effect, «83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.&school leaders which reportedly found that, since the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act regulations went into effect, «83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.&school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.»

Whenever I see stories like this, in which a school or a school district seems to be doing something «miraculous,» I'm immediately skeptical.

All schools participating in the National School Lunch Program are required to have a wellness policy (see Getting Junk Food Out of School: How Your School District Wellness Policy Can Help) that includes goals for classroom food, nutrition education and more.

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Part of the issue: nobody in District leadership had ever seen a real school lunch, just the ones that got «dressed up for company.»

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But if districts are able to combine their considerable purchasing power, as is the case with the Urban School Food Alliance (discussed in past TLT posts linked below), we may start to see more «real food» offerings like Back to the Roots cereal on kids» trays.

«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.

Munn said the increase in salaries mainly would accommodate new part - time workers needed to support a budgeted increase in district programming, where the growth is mostly seen in the area of performing arts and before - and after - school programs.

That beneficial use of market power is precisely what I've been wanting to see more of here in Houston, which is the country's seventh largest school district.

«There's just a tremendous amount of waste that we see as parents,» said Susan Gallo, whose two children attend schools in the district.

Because the Park District of Oak Park also could use the turf field, Jasculca said the school district reached out to park district leaders to see if there is any interest in contributing funds to the District of Oak Park also could use the turf field, Jasculca said the school district reached out to park district leaders to see if there is any interest in contributing funds to the district reached out to park district leaders to see if there is any interest in contributing funds to the district leaders to see if there is any interest in contributing funds to the project.

I have seen postings for jobs in other schools and other districts I thought I'd be better suited for, potentially, and that I would get fulfillment from, so I'm thinking, «should I change jobs?»

Both the Village of Arlington Heights and the Park District saw a unique opportunity to develop a downtown park and jointly purchased the North School Playlot (1.6 acres next to the Park District Administration Center) for $ 400,000 in 1988.

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Here in HISD and in many districts around the country, it is not uncommon to see on high school campuses numerous, daily fundraisers conducted during the lunch hour, most of which offer foods of poor nutritional value.

ROSELLE — The issue of a swimming pool for Lake Park High School was brought to the Roselle Park District board Wednesday night as local citizens, led by Barb Layer, sought to determine if there was any Park District interest in seeing that one be built.

The Lunch Box crew checked in with The School Food Project of the Boulder Valley School District this week to see how they are going to celebrate.

It would take an entire book to explain how flawed the NSLP has become, how, starting in the 1970s and 80s, the program morphed from an anti-hunger initiative into one in which school districts were so starved of cash by the federal government (thank you, Ronald Reagan) that school children came to be seen as «customers» whose palates must be pleased at all costs, with heavier reliance on junk food a la carte sales and «carnival food» menus.

In this regard, I'm reminded of attending my district's «Food Show» earlier this year and seeing «veggie stix» and a cheese - coated «lentil chip» designed to help school districts meet the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act's new vegetable requirements.

Thanks for your input... I may try to expand and look at menus from other school districts in America and France, could be interesting to see what is served in different parts of each country.

It's easy, then, to see the appeal to a school district of a cheap, processed food like graham crackers, which are relatively low in fat but provide a fair number of calories, and which also are artificially fortified by the manufacturer to provide key nutrients like iron.

Making the switch for a few weeks, in a pilot program at one school, allows the opportunity to see what happens before going district wide, and also to try innovative strategies for maintaining participation.

Also see: School Breakfast: Making it Work in Large School Districts.

I also raised the possibility of a middle ground solution, already instituted by some school districts, of lowering the sugar content and removing objectionable ingredients from flavored milk before banning it altogether, to the extent many parents and nutritional experts still want to see it in school lunch rooms.

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See if you can talk to the head nurse in your school district about initiating an allergy policy.

For school districts to comply with new federal regulations that bring in fresh fruits and vegetables, they have seen a rise in prices, The New York Times reported.

But on a purely anecdotal basis, I have never heard of any school district that did not see a significant, lasting drop in milk consumption when flavored milk was discontinued.

But the experiment does make the point, I think, that for all the school food improvements we've seen in our district (and I'm grateful for all of them, don't get me wrong), there are still offerings that permit kids to make very poor selections on the lunch line, selections that may well have an adverse impact on their health down the line.

Just about one year ago, we were checking in with some of our Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom districts to see how their first year of breakfast - in - the - classroom was progressing; check out what Sandy Huisman, Director of Food & Nutrition Management in Des Moines, Iowa and with Amy Dennes, Regional Assistant Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, had to say about the value of BIC.

The district of 5,100 students has seen a decline in students taking school lunches in recent years and generally sees a dip any time there is an increase, said Coletta Hines - Newell, the district's food services director.

Celebrate the Act's impact on student health and wellness: 2013 Progress on the D.C. Healthy Schools Act (pdf) 2012 - 2013 Report on the Health, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) December 2012 Report on the Health, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) January 2012 DC Healthy Schools Act Year One Snapshot (pdf) Check out the video below to see how the Act is transforming the school environment.

CSH programs have helped to establish policies and practices in states, districts, and schools across the nation, and will see continued success within the expanded Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model.

Having worked with Ann for the last five years, and seeing what it takes to change school food in just one district, I am in awe and incredibly grateful for those who have taken on this challenge.