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Burke County highlights free meals, Chartwells partnership and menu innovations
Summary
District and contractor officials told the school board the child nutrition program operates under federal reimbursement rules, serves all students for free under CEP, and has increased equipment spending and participation since contracting with Chartwells.
Daniel Wall, who presented the child nutrition update, told the Burke County Public Schools Board that the program’s top priority is feeding students. "Our number 1 goal and what I talk to our staff about every time we meet, our number 1 goal is to feed kids," Wall said.
Wall said the district participates in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), meaning "all of our students eat breakfast and lunch for free every day." He described the program’s revenues and costs: federal reimbursement rates cited in the presentation were $2.61 per breakfast and $4.22 per lunch; USDA commodity food value for the district this year was cited as about $534,000 with an expected increase toward $600,000 next year. Wall also reported meal-equivalent volume of roughly 2,000,000…
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