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Port Jervis food service director reports 545,068 meals served, stresses federal rules and plans to expand local sourcing
Summary
The district's food service director reported meal counts, budget and compliance constraints tied to the National School Lunch Program, described plans for composting, a New York State vendor-spend target and an after-school snack rollout.
The Port Jervis food service director reported to the Board of Education on Oct. 14 that the district served a total of 545,068 meals in the 2024-25 school year and is working to balance federal meal regulations, student preferences and new state purchasing goals.
At the meeting the director (identified in packet and remarks as Aaron, food service) said the program served 161,927 breakfasts, about 272,501 lunches and roughly 110,025 a la carte items last year, plus about 650 adult meals. He said the total represented a 20,782 increase over the prior year and an average daily serving of about 3,025.
Aaron told the board the district's food-service budget is about $2.3 million. He said reimbursable-meal reimbursements average a little more than $8 per reimbursable meal and drive revenue…
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