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Lakewood nutrition supervisor reports 284,644 lunches served, warns of pending federal standard changes
Summary
Jacob Green, Lakewood City Schools supervisor of nutrition services, briefed the board on meal counts, program rules, Grow Ohio grant-funded hydroponic program at Harrison Elementary and uncertainty about state coverage of reduced-price lunches.
Jacob Green, supervisor of nutrition services for Lakewood City Schools, told the Board of Education on June 16 that the district served 284,644 reimbursable lunches and 53,155 reimbursable breakfasts during the 2024–25 school year.
Green said the district participates in the National School Lunch Program and the National School Breakfast Program and must follow strict federal nutrition guidelines. “There’s a lot more rules than I think people understand in these programs,” he said, and noted the U.S. Department of Agriculture is phasing in tighter limits on added sugars and sodium that will…
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