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Greenville County Schools' partnership with special ed department brings benefits to students

Sep. 19, 2024

On this episode of Onsite with FSD, the nutrition team shares how its partnership with the Special Education Department began and the benefits that come with it.

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Federal lawmakers make another attempt at universal free school meals

 By Benita Gingerella on Sep. 17, 2024

The Universal School Meals Program Act would provide all students free meals at school, raise school meal reimbursement rates and more.

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Universal free school meals, meal debt and more: how the November election could impact school foodservice

By Benita Gingerella on Sep. 17, 2024

The upcoming election will play a major role in how school nutrition programs operate in the coming years.

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Utah uses federal funding to help offset meal debt

By Benita Gingerella on Sep. 10, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: California awards $52.8 million in farm-to-school grants.

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8 new menu items coming to K-12 schools this year

By Benita Gingerella on Sep. 09, 2024

See what new dishes students will be snacking on when they return to class this school year.

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California bill banning select food dyes from school meals heads to governor’s desk

By Benita Gingerella on Sep. 04, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: federal bill aims to increase summer meal access for children.

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How Aramark Student Nutrition creates LTOs that get students excited about lunch

By Benita Gingerella on Sep. 04, 2024

The food management company’s Student Nutrition Culinary Alliance turns to what’s popular with students in their own communities when designing the special menu items.

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Diversity is on the menu at Littleton Public Schools

By Benita Gingerella on Aug. 29, 2024

After receiving feedback that students were looking for more culturally inclusive dishes at lunch, Food Service Director Leah Botko set out to create a menu that would better reflect the diversity of the student body.

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State of K-12 Foodservice: Full 2024 survey results

By FSD Staff on Aug. 27, 2024

This data compiled by FoodService Director comes from information provided by 99 K-12 operators in July 2024.

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State of K-12 foodservice: Getting comfortable with change

By Benita Gingerella on Aug. 27, 2024

School nutrition operators will continue to embrace change this school year as they face new regulations and rising costs.

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