A central commissary plus convection ovens and walkin coolers in satellite schools are solving the problems of inadequate facilities and kitchenless schools. (Author)

Outdoor freezers are described as one solution to the problem of food storage in small rural schools. (JW)

A demonstration of the school lunch program (R through 6) as a learning experience when teachers and school food service workers joined forces. (RG)

Lists and summarizes eight bills either passed by or pending in Congress dealing with child nutrition and school lunch programs. (LLR)

Excerpts from a talk presented at the Second Annual School Administrators' Seminar sponsored by the American School Food Service Assn. in Vail, Colorado, December 3-6, 1968.

Reports on the amount of waste that results from the federal regulations on Type A lunches in elementary schools. (IRT)

Reductions in participation in National School Lunch Program in 1981-82 are of concern to hunger groups and legislators. Extent to which Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts (OBRA) of 1980-81 contributes to participation decline was measured by simulation model in New York State. Results suggest that OBRA increased participation; declining…

It is such a simple mandate: Prepare healthy, nutritious meals for the schoolchildren so they can go about the business of learning. But operating a school district food service department is anything but simple. Even in the smallest districts, food service operations are businesses that must comply with many more rules than those in the private…

This manual contains information on Federal requirements regarding the determination and verification of eligibility for free and reduced price meals in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. These provisions also apply to the determination of eligibility for free milk under the Special Milk Program and are generally…