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Our Child Nutrition Services Department recently won a best practice award for increasing participation in school lunch. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) presented the award during the annual Conference for Child Nutrition Administrators in October.
Last year, lunch participation almost doubled in high schools. One of the main factors helping to increase school lunch participation among older students has been the idea of moving specialty entrées from the a la carte price structure to the center of the plate entrée in high schools. The center of the plate entrée presentation encourages students to select fruit, vegetable and milk choices to be included in the meal price of $2.00, with the theme "it's all good." This also encourages students to adopt better eating habits by offering them well-balanced meals with fruits and vegetables.
School districts were recognized on Wednesday, October 22 by the USDA's Southeast Regional Office for the fifteenth annual Best Practice Awards in the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Food Distribution Program. The purpose of this awards program is to encourage and recognize outstanding practices in schools and School Food Authorities in the Southeast Region.
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