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Parents and staff urge actions on school food waste and student smartphone use during public comment
Summary
Two public speakers urged the Kenosha School District board to address (1) shareable food waste in the district—s school meal program and (2) smartphone-related student harms, recommending share tables and school-level phone collection strategies.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, Sofia Menazzi, a Kenosha County resident and former KUSD kitchen staff member, urged the board to adopt USDA- and DPI-approved share-table strategies to reduce daily food waste and better serve food-insecure students. "It is appalling and outright sickening the amount of waste on a daily basis that we see," Menazzi said, and she asked the district to review…
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