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District food and nutrition director details meals, participation and upcoming changes from Arizona law
Summary
Peoria Unified’s food and nutrition director outlined meal program size, participation increases after community eligibility and impacts of upcoming Arizona Healthy Schools legislation; board members praised staff and asked for outreach to parent groups and volunteer engagement.
Sandra Shosa, director of Food and Nutrition for Peoria Unified, briefed the governing board on the scope of the district’s meal operations, recent participation gains and program constraints tied to federal nutrition rules and facility infrastructure.
Shosa reported that the district qualifies many sites for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP); 25 schools were placed on CEP this year, and the district’s free-and‑reduced estimate is about 42–44%. She said CEP and other outreach increased participation roughly 11%, allowing the department to serve around 880,000 breakfasts and more than 3,000,000 lunches last year (her counts also included about 80,000 snacks and 80,000 dinners). Shosa said these figures translate to roughly 24,000 meals served across the district on an average day. The department additionally generated about $280,000 in catering and other outside revenues last year.
Shosa outlined meal‑pattern constraints set…
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