K-12 Schools

Emeline Garcia, cafeteria assistant at Salida (Calif.) Union School District, was hired as a two-hour cafeteria helper. Billy Reid, child nutrition services director, says she quickly showed she wanted to work more than two hours a day. Garcia quickl

Byron Sackett, child nutrition director at Lincoln County Schools in Lincolnton, N.C., wishes flavored, upscale coffees had never been created and would be a tomato farmer if he weren’t feeding children.

With the nationwide effort to make school lunches healthier, milk has become a focal point in many school districts. Flavored milk and high fructose corn syrup have come under fire, especially from parents. But one leading cardiologist and researcher says