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New state free‑meal program boosts participation; Lynbrook cites startup issues with breakfast and ordering
Summary
Lynbrook officials said the New York State Universal Free Meals Program produced sharply higher participation at the start of school. The district contracted Aramark for food service; staff described early operational problems — especially with elementary breakfast preordering — and said changes were made to the ordering system.
Lynbrook Union Free School District officials told the board that participation in the New York State Universal Free Meals Program has increased substantially and that the district’s newly contracted food service manager, Aramark, is scaling up operations amid early logistical problems.
At the meeting, the staff member presenting the food program update said the new state program has, in some schools, doubled or tripled meal counts compared with last year and that the district also launched elementary breakfast this year. The presenter said Aramark began service just days before school started and that staffing and…
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