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Moretti, John A.; Boss, Raymond – School Planning and Management, 1996
After the state terminated funding and operation of school lunch programs, a Rhode Island school district chose to create and operate its own program. The results of the first year of operation include a 30% increase in student participation and a 33% increase in food service revenue. A concerted marketing effort and a growing catering business…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Lunch Programs, Nutrition
Peer reviewedHamrick, Florence A.; Stage, Frances K. – Review of Higher Education, 1998
A study tested the accuracy of a general model in predicting college predisposition among eighth-grade students of diverse ethnicity at schools characterized by high minority enrollments and high participation levels in subsidized school lunch programs. Results suggest models using broadly aggregated student data may overlook important…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Bound Students, Diversity (Student)
