Pressandguide.com, author Jessica McLean, August 26, 2020
In Dearborn Michigan, starting September 7, parents or guardians picking up meal packs, which consist of a week’s worth of breakfast and lunch items for students, will be required to provide the name, student ID or student number for each child. This is to ensure meals are [Read More]
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, authors Bob Batz Jr., Joshua Axelrod, and Dan Gigler, August 24, 2020
This article provides an overview of how schools have adapted their meal services to accommodate both remote learners and students physically attending schools in the Pittsburg, Pennsylvania area. In the Penn-Trafford School District, students will dine in the cafeteria. [Read More]
IndeOnline.com, author Amy Knapp, August 20, 2020
In Stark County, Ohio, the Stark County Schools system is employing multiple new methods to foster safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Plain’s elementary schools, students will choose between two lunch menu items in the morning, and they will be served later in their classrooms. Older students [Read More]
11alive.com, author Jason Braverman, August 25, 2020
The Dekalb County Public School District in Georgia has partnered with the Atlanta Community Food Bank to distribute food once a week to children who are in school and learning virtually at home. Food bundles will be available for pickup at DeKalb County Schools on Thursdays beginning [Read More]
USDA, FNS
The USDA, FNS has released an additional memo to help provide clarification to state agencies operating school food programs during school re-openings during the COVID-19 crisis. The memo provides information about additional waivers, and includes questions and answers to assist school nutrition professionals.
The full memo is available online, here:
School Nutrition Association
The SNA has published information about the USDA extending school meal program waivers in on an easy-to-navigate landing page. Waivers regard allowing non-congregate feeding, meal pattern flexibility, area eligibility waivers, and allowances for parents to pick up meals for children.
Link to the announcement and waivers, here: [Read More]
Author Mark Chalifoux
Some areas of the city of Minneapolis quickly became a food desert amidst an ongoing Covid-19 pandemic coupled with recent protests. With many grocery stores looted, damaged, or closed to deter rioters, many in the community were left without access to groceries. When Sanford Middle School hosted a food drive to help feed [Read More]
The SNA maintains a regularly updated list of resources regarding Covid-19. The list was updated on June 15, 2020, and includes updates from the USDA, CDC, DOE, and more.
Author Sable Riley
The goal of feeding more children over summer break became a reality for Dothan City’s nutrition program on Monday when they launched the school’s first food bus to assist in feeding children during the Covid-19 pandemic. The bus is retrofitted to temporarily store food and serve meals to eight different locations. The bus [Read More]
Author Diane Conners
School staff in west Michigan are petitioning lawmakers to restore and expand a program called 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids & Farms, because the program helps schools purchase locally grown produce, which would help schools accommodate for increased demand in meals for children due to the Covid 19 pandemic. A food [Read More]