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Board receives wellness and nutrition report; district highlights full CEP status and local initiatives
Summary
School nutrition staff presented the district’s triennial wellness and nutrition report, noting Clark County Public Schools is a CEP district providing free breakfast and lunch to all students, participation targets, federal grants in use and a concern about a proposed change to CEP eligibility that could reduce funding.
The Clark County Board of Education reviewed the district’s nutrition and physical activity report, receiving updates on federal programs, student breakfast participation and local partnerships.
Miss Nelson, the district’s school nutrition director, told trustees the district is a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) district, meaning all students receive free breakfast and lunch. "We are a full CEP district, and we're very proud of that," she said, and outlined four federal programs the district uses: the National School Lunch Program (including breakfast), the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Summer Food Service Program, and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grant (elementary schools receive fruit/vegetable three days a week with an educational component).
Staff reported elementary breakfast participation at about 80 percent while participation at older schools was lower. Nutrition staff said they would continue outreach to raise breakfast numbers and promoted National School Breakfast Week. The wellness committee highlighted strengths in employee wellness and school policy and identified growth areas including out-of-school nutrition standards, physical activity opportunities, professional development for teachers of health/PE and stress-management programs.
Miss Nelson and Dr. Gina Muncy warned of a proposed federal change to CEP eligibility that could raise the direct-certification threshold; Clark County’s current direct-certification rate is 59 percent. "If they do that and they raise the bar to what's called 60 percent direct certification ... we would have to go back to the old fashioned household income forms," Nelson said, adding that the change would affect many districts statewide.
Ending: The board asked staff to continue community outreach, provide more education about USDA fundraising and vending rules for building principals, and report back on steps to increase breakfast participation and wellness-program participation.
