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District food-service director introduces digital menu, two-week rotating breakfast to boost participation
Summary
Food-service director Andrea told the board the district launched a digital menu platform, added five new staff, installed a new oven at the intermediate school and will roll out a two-week rotating breakfast menu to increase participation; Andrea reported that high-school breakfast participation was around 200 last year and the first-day count was 60.
Andrea, introduced at the Aug. 11 meeting as the district's director of food service, presented the department's goals and technology updates to the board.
Andrea described a newly launched digital menu platform that allows parents, staff and nurses to view daily menus, allergen information and counts in real time. She said the district installed a new oven at the intermediate school and hired five new food-service employees. The district plans a two-week rotating breakfast menu designed to support increased breakfast participation and to allow more hot options.
Andrea said the district is aiming to expand scratch-made menu items and to add photos on the digital menu. She outlined training plans for food-service staff and said the program will continue hydroponics with the advanced agriculture class and retain daily fresh fruits and vegetables and a coffee bar whose proceeds support student funds.
On participation figures, Andrea said, "We were doing about 200 at the high school last year. Our first day is always busy — we had 60 today." She also said elementary participation was down compared with previous levels and the department will continue outreach to families.
What happens next: Food-service staff will continue training and rollout of the digital menu and new menu items; staff will bring samples to the board as requested.
