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Child Nutrition reports improved menus, grants and student hiring; breakfast participation recovering
Summary
Director of Child Nutrition reported progress on Eat Real certification, several grants including a $148,000 farm-to-school award, student employment initiatives and that breakfast participation fell after a model change but rose again after reinstating breakfast-in-classroom.
Cassie Davidson, Yakima School District’s director of Child Nutrition, told the board on March 17 that the department is on track to complete its Eat Real comprehensive certification by September after a January pre-audit and that recent menu changes have reduced added sugars and improved nutrition benchmarks.
Davidson said the district currently has four students employed through the nutrition program and plans to hire more; those students receive training in meal prep, knife and food safety, dishwashing and serving. She…
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