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Nutrition director: unpaid meal balances ~$14,000; scratch-cooking expands with grants and equipment
Summary
Director Jesse Campbell reported unpaid meal balances for active students around $14,000, outlined family outreach and SNIB application options, described forthcoming changes to meal patterns (sugar and sodium reductions and new milk options), and detailed grants and equipment that expanded scratch-cooking in district kitchens.
Jesse Campbell, director of Nutrition Services, told the Pullman School District board on Feb. 11 that unpaid meal balances for active students were about $14,000 as of the previous day and described steps the district is taking to reduce those balances.
Campbell said staff send weekly emails and that administrators are working directly with families to complete the district’s SNIB application (the district’s expanded meal-and-benefits form, which can qualify families for free or reduced meals and other benefits). "So as of yesterday, our unpaid meal balances…
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