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ECISD nutrition director reports rising participation under CEP, highlights costs and capital investments
Summary
Ector County ISD's school nutrition director reported that the district'wide Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) has increased meal participation, described operations and budget pressures, and outlined capital investments including freezer conversion and planned generators to protect food during outages.
Ector County Independent School District's director of school nutrition reported on program operations, budgets and planned investments and said the district'wide Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) has increased breakfast and lunch participation while the program continues to absorb a portion of meal costs not reimbursed by USDA.
The update matters because feeding roughly tens of thousands of students daily affects district budgets, staffing, and student well'being; the director said sustaining high participation is important to program viability.
Dr. Pena, director of school nutrition, told trustees the district began CEP in the 2022 school year, which enables breakfast and lunch free to all students and eliminates lunch-balance stigma. She said federal reimbursements through the U.S. Department of Agriculture cover…
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