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Sioux Falls district outlines nutrition services expansion, warns of pending USDA changes
Summary
Nutrition Services Director Gaye Anderson reported rising meal participation, a hot-food pilot for elementary schools and potential federal changes to USDA programs that could reduce eligibility and reimbursements.
Gaye Anderson, director of Nutrition Services for Sioux Falls School District 49-5, told the school board the department is expanding hot-food service to more elementary schools, increasing meal participation and monitoring potential federal changes that could reduce program eligibility and reimbursements.
Anderson said the department served about 572,000 breakfasts and more than 1,777,000 lunches through February, with average daily participation of about 4,934 for breakfast and 15,320 for lunch. "Our priority area is providing healthy meals and the most affordable means to our students," Anderson said.
The report to the board detailed several operational initiatives. The district participates in multiple U.S. Department of Agriculture programs, Anderson said, and received approximately $1,500,000 in USDA Foods this year. The department operates the Child and Adult Care Food Program…
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