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USDA study to visit district schools to evaluate school meals; participation and parental consent explained
Summary
A USDA national study will visit Osmond Elementary and Swift Creek High to evaluate meal nutrition, costs and waste; district staff said participation is required when selected, parental consent is required for interviews, and the district will keep the board and parents informed.
District officials told the board the U.S. Department of Agriculture is conducting a nationwide study of school meals that will examine nutrition, production costs, students’ eating patterns and food waste. The study selects a sample of roughly 1,000 schools nationally; local staff said the district was selected for on-site activity and identified Osmond…
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