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Meals and dining services

Healthier school meals rules are looming. Here is what they look like

Matt Zalaznick -
Reducing salt and sugar content across school menus is the leading goal of new nutrition standards that may soon be served up in cafeterias.

School lunches: The chance to socialize is bringing more teens to the table

Matt Zalaznick -
Interacting with friends and affordability are key reasons that high school lunch service is soaring in popularity with students, according to No Kid Hungry's latest report.

Healthy meals: Schools now have access to $50 million for nutrition

Matt Zalaznick -
Grant funds will help K-12 leaders procure a wider variety of healthy, appealing meals while promoting innovation by food suppliers.

Will schools ever provide universal free meals? Now, help is on the way

Matt Zalaznick -
Serving healthy and free meals to all students is a key pillar of the Biden Administration's wide-ranging effort to wipe out child hunger.

6 strategies for retaining school food service employees

Katy Hoyng -
Creating a positive culture where school nutrition employees enjoy coming to work has always been a priority. In the current labor market, it’s more critical than ever.

How to prepare your school for the end of free meal waivers this fall

Matt Zalaznick -
Students will continue to eat free lunch this summer but, unless there is further Congressional action, districts will soon face the heavy administrative lift of K-12 food service.

Schools can serve free meals this summer but that may change (again) in 2022-23

Matt Zalaznick -
Pandemic-era flexibilities will change during the new school year even as eligibility for free- and reduced lunch is expanded and reimbursements increase.

K-12 groups blast loss of free meals while some praise spending package

Matt Zalaznick -
Loss of free universal meal waivers will "devastate school meal programs" and is a "worst-case scenario" for children nationwide, anti-hunger advocates and education leaders say.

Superintendents share lessons learned after challenging start to 2021-22

Chris Burt -
Strong leadership and communication have been critical to administrative offices and all staff throughout schools.

Build back later? Progress on bill with education provisions stalled until ’22

Charles Hendrix -
In a statement released Dec. 16, President Biden said negotiations will "continue next week," adding that "it takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the parliamentary and procedural steps needed to enable a Senate vote."

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