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Plymouth‑Canton food services reports growth, warns of state funding cut
Summary
District food and nutrition director Kayla McDaniel told the board the program served more than 2.2 million meals in 2024–25, outlined summer meal plans and local sourcing, and said Michigan’s 10-cents-per-meal program was not funded this year, forcing operational adjustments.
Kayla McDaniel, director of Food and Nutrition Services for Plymouth‑Canton Community Schools, told the board the department served “over 2.2 million meals” across the district in 2024–25 and projects at least 200,000 additional meals this year.
McDaniel said the program’s work is organized around four pillars—student experience, program excellence, systems and financial solvency—and highlighted expanded services including reintroduced lunch on half days, family-style dining pilots in early grades and the district’s summer “Sun Meals” (Meet Up and Eat Up) sites, which McDaniel said are federally funded…
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