K-12 Schools

Operations

Three San Diego districts exceed sodium requirements

Districts are looking for ways to reduce sodium without compromising taste.

Steal This Idea

Regional Tastes

Our participation is up, and one reason is because we are serving on a three-compartment plate instead of plastic trays. These are plates that our students are used to seeing in barbecue places. It’s about presentation. We have a photo of how each e

Week-long classes being sponsofred by Orfalea Foundation

Students caught with energy drinks will be disciplined.

Milk: It does a body good. Not so fast says the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).

Parents cough up to aid in $105,000 lunch debt.

Sherri Knutsen was named the 2012 National Outstanding Director of the Year by the School Nutrition Association.

Compiling our 2nd annual Big Idea issue got us thinking about another type of idea. The idea that sounds great in theory but just didn’t fly in reality. We polled some operators to see if they would share what ended up being some of their worst ideas in the hope that you could learn from their pain.

Experts said with focus on scratch-cooking districts have been able to keep up with regulations.

District reversed decision to bring coffee stands to high schools.

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