Charles County Public Schools Office of Fiscal Services Feeding the Future Food And Nutrition Services Crystal Richardson and William Kreuter
Charles Overview of Food and Nutrition County Public Schools Summer Program Results Food And Free Breakfast Nutrition Services (FNS) Farm to School Week Other FNS Developments
Food and Nutrition Services Administers Numerous State and Federal Programs School Year • National School Lunch Program • National School Breakfast program • Maryland Meals for Achievement • Three-year-old Program • After-school snacks • At-Risk Supper Program Partnerships • LifeStyles of Maryland • Charles County Community Sheriff’s Office Outreach • Charles County • Meals on Wheels Parks & Recreation • Charles County • Head Start Department of • Senior Centers Social Services •Children’s Aid Society • AlphaBest Summer Programs • Summer Feeding • Mobile Meals • Lunch On Us
Summer Meals Program “Lunch On Us” Total Childrens Meals Served Meals at Open Sites Meals at Mobile Sites The Summer Meals Program Meals at CCPS Programs served 20,817 meals to adults and children. This is a decrease 23329 of 104 meals from 2018. While meals served for CCPS- 18795 18647 18493 sponsored summer programs remained steady and meals 16453 served at our open sites increased by more than 50 percent, we experienced a 12373 11566 notable decrease at our mobile meal sites in 2019. This was a 9379 statewide trend. 8595 8016 7948 CCPS provided 213 meals at 13 6771 6585 6493 sites throughout the county on 5337 4887 July 5, a holiday for most with 3928 3749 the help of LifeStyles and CCPS 2340 Operations staff to those that might otherwise have gone four days without meals. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total Breakfast By School Year 2,000,000 Increases in breakfast over the last 1,846,418 10 years peaked at 1.8 million 1,804,950 1,767,346 1,800,000 1,744,410 annually in 2017. These increases were mainly due to allowing 1,568,849 students to eat breakfast in the 1,600,000 classroom. At Malcolm Elementary 1,417,847 School, where the principal has 1,400,000 1,312,357 moved breakfast back into the classroom this year, the number of 1,200,000 breakfasts sold has increased 51 percent. 1,000,000 947,994 In the last two school years we have seen a decrease in breakfast of 800,000 734,789 102,000 meals from the peak on an annual basis. This equals about 550,894 600,000 567 less breakfasts each school day. 529,920 Our percentage of FARMs students 400,000 increased from 25 percent in SY09 to 36.4 percent in SY19. 200,000 During the same time frame, enrollment increased by 1,444 - students and two new schools. SY 09 SY 10 SY 11 SY 12 SY 13 SY 14 SY 15 SY 16 SY17 SY18 SY19
“Back To Breakfast” Free Breakfast for All CCPS Students We served free breakfast to all students the first week of school. Free breakfast will be provided again the week students return from winter break. This is to re-introduce the option to eat breakfast at school to students who don’t normally eat before coming to school.
Busy Summer Opened Billingsley Elementary School, re-opened Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School, and helped move Eva Turner Elementary School to the Transition School. Promoted three elementary school managers, one high school manager and hired three new assistant managers Staffing remains a challenge; we are working closely with Human Resources to fill our 58 vacancies. Two FNS Job Fairs were held this summer. The fairs were advertised on the school system’s Facebook and Twitter; the turnout was outstanding. We are exploring different avenues to attract staff.
La Plata High School Busy Summer Mary H. Matula CCPS installed digital signs as a pilot in three schools. Elementary School The signs allow students to see what is available in each serving line and what is included in a reimbursable meal. We are working to “step up” our presentation with a goal of making our food and cafeterias resemble retail operations that better appeal to students. We also hired a culinary trainer to train staff in the areas of preparation and presentation. Mattawoman Middle School
Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week. Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2019 Served hot dogs, chicken and pork produced in Maryland and beef raised in Maryland. Also featured corn on the cob, broccoli, apples, peaches, watermelon and tomatoes grown in Maryland and neighboring states. Students were taught the name and location of the farm where the product was grown. Students who ate a homegrown meal received a sticker to show their support. Menu was more expensive than normal weeks during the school year. The value of showing students the availability of locally grown and produced products outweighs the increased cost for one week. What is local? Local is food that is grown, harvested or processed within a 250- mile radius, or a one-day round trip for the trucking company.
Farm to School at J.C. Parks Elementary School
Developments in Food and Nutrition Services Revised lunch menu, eliminated the least popular items and replaced them with items that match current trends in what kids are eating. Included the four most popular items on the menu for a week at a time. This change helps to reduce waste. As a direct result of Homegrown School Lunch week, we have replaced frozen corn with fresh corn on the cob twice monthly. Two high schools – Thomas Stone and Henry E. Lackey – were added to the Maryland Meals for Achievement (MMFA) program. MMFA is a program provided through the Maryland State Department of Education and it reimburses FNS for paid and reduced students, allowing all students to eat breakfast for free each day. Only schools with FARMS rates above 40 percent are eligible. These schools already operate on a kiosk model of service and allow students to eat in the classroom. The only change is that all students eat free breakfast. CCPS now has 17 MMFA schools since adding Lackey and Stone in the spring and Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School in September.
House Bill 315 amended Maryland law regarding standards and administration of a subsidized meal program as follows and went into House Bill 315 effect July 1, 2018. The State is responsible for reimbursing a county Board of Education for the student’s cost of a Maryland reduced price breakfast and lunch. Beginning in SY2020, the cost to Cares for Kids students will decrease by 10 cents each school year as the state picks Act up this amount. Beginning with fiscal year 2023, a county Board may not charge a student who is eligible for a reduced price lunch for any portion of the cost of the meal.
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