Why is the district pushing these food program changes when the budget is in crisis, school programs might be cut, and teachers could be taken out of classrooms?
The Nutrition Services department operates as an enterprise fund, which means it does not get money directly from the school district general fund. The department’s revenue stream comes from the sale of school meals and government reimbursements for every free, reduced, and full-pay meal we sell. We also receive a commodity food allocation based on the number of meals we sell. This is why it is so important to increase our meal participation in order to make the program sustainable.
