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High school opts out of the National School Lunch Program

Jun. 05, 2015

After students outlined their issues with the federal standards in a petition, one Minnesota school has decided to opt out of the program, losing $170,000 in funding.

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California moves toward an $11 minimum wage

 Jun. 02, 2015

The increase has already been approved by the state Senate.

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Dartmouth College students found nonprofit to stop campus food waste

Jun. 02, 2015

Dartmouth Feeding Neighbors collects about 150 pounds of food a few times a week and delivers it to the Upper Valley Haven shelter.

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Student’s lunch taken because of past-due account

Jun. 01, 2015

A Bedford Elementary School student’s hot lunch was dumped in the trash after a cafeteria-worker found her account wasn’t up to date.

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New Hampshire school outsources foodservices to local contractor

May 29, 2015

Faced with cutting more than $100,000 from this year’s budget, Henniker School board members have decided to outsource the school’s foodservices by hiring a management company, Cafe Services.

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District bets on increased digital payments to avert embezzlement

May 29, 2015

After reporting two embezzlements in the same school year, the Ukiah Unified School District is striving to reduce cash payments and detect employee fraud earlier.

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School district considers dropping federal lunch program

May 28, 2015

After learning schools would have to raise lunch prices for a second time to meet federal guidelines, Idaho’s Madison School District said it may drop out of the National School Lunch Program. It is believed to be the first district in the state to do so.

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District builds new cafeterias thanks to sales tax

May 22, 2015

Two Bay County schools got upgraded cafeterias, funded with revenue from the half-cent sales tax, which voters approved in 2010.

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Kitchen staff urges school district not to renew Sodexo contract

May 22, 2015

The goal was to cut costs and improve food quality when Oregon-based Silver Falls School District contracted with the foodservice provider a year ago, but kitchen employees have asked the district not to renew, citing waste, food quality and employee workloads.

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Consultant: Schools could save money without Sodexo

May 15, 2015

A Connecticut board of education received an auditor’s report saying it could be cheaper to hire its own facilities management staff rather than continue a contract with Sodexo.

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