Purpose/Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine the perceptions of school nutrition directors, principals/assistant principals, and teachers regarding issues important to consider when scheduling recess in relation to lunch, and to describe practices related to successfully implementing a recess before lunch program. Methods: A…

As one feature of National School Lunch Week, October 11-17, 1970, a universal menu will be served throughout the nation. Publicity ideas are suggested. (JW)

This brief, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, examines how rural families use four of the major federal child nutrition programs. It finds that 29 percent of rural families with children participate but that there are barriers to these nutrition programs, such as the lack of public transportation and high operating costs for rural schools…

Objectives: The objectives were to investigate the operational requirements for offering healthful vended reimbursable lunches to students and to identify barriers to implementation. Methods: A descriptive case study method was utilized to explore the operations of two school nutrition programs offering vended reimbursable lunches. Two school…

This brochure presents state statistics; Alabama public schools 2007-08; Alabama State Board of Education members; financial data; public school size and enrollment; transportation; school meals; school personnel, 2007-2008; graduation requirements; student assessment; additional enrollment; and dropouts, 2006-07.

Extracted from an address to the American School Food Service Association-sponsored Core City Seminar in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 27-31, 1969 (RG)

Florida legislators visited schools and sampled typical lunches served. (RA)

A basic nutrition course stressing the need for a balanced diet increased student participation in the school lunch program at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. (RA)

Climate and location cause special problems in the production of a school lunch program in American Samoa. (RA)

Philadelphia has adapted airline-style feeding patterns to provide government-subsidized hot lunches for children living in depressed neighborhoods. (LR)

The "soft-serve" machines dispense a frozen dessert which may be used as a topping or in sodas or cones. (JW)

According to a recent poll, Most school administrators are satisfied that the Department of Agriculture's school lunch program is efficient, well managed, and that it reaches enough children. (Author/LLR)

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation's second largest food and nutrition assistance program. In 2006, it operated in over 101,000 public and nonprofit private schools and provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a Federal cost of $8 billion for the year. This report provides…