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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
Food And Nutrition Services Crystal Richardson and William Kreuter
Overview of Food and Nutrition Summer Program Results Free Breakfast Farm to School Week Other FNS Developments
School Year
Partnerships
Maryland
Sheriff’s Office
Parks & Recreation
Department of Social Services
Society
Summer Programs
Community Outreach
Summer Meals Program “Lunch On Us”
The Summer Meals Program served 20,817 meals to adults and children. This is a decrease
While meals served for CCPS- sponsored summer programs remained steady and meals served at our open sites increased by more than 50 percent, we experienced a notable decrease at our mobile meal sites in 2019. This was a statewide trend. CCPS provided 213 meals at 13 sites throughout the county on July 5, a holiday for most with the help of LifeStyles and CCPS Operations staff to those that might otherwise have gone four days without meals.
16453 18647 23329 18795 18493 11566 7948 9379 8016 12373 4887 3928 5337 3749 2340 6771 8595 6585 6493 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total Childrens Meals Served Meals at Open Sites Meals at Mobile Sites Meals at CCPS Programs
Total Breakfast By School Year
Increases in breakfast over the last 10 years peaked at 1.8 million annually in 2017. These increases were mainly due to allowing students to eat breakfast in the
School, where the principal has moved breakfast back into the classroom this year, the number of breakfasts sold has increased 51 percent. In the last two school years we have seen a decrease in breakfast of 102,000 meals from the peak on an annual basis. This equals about 567 less breakfasts each school day. Our percentage of FARMs students increased from 25 percent in SY09 to 36.4 percent in SY19. During the same time frame, enrollment increased by 1,444 students and two new schools.
529,920 550,894 734,789 947,994 1,312,357 1,417,847 1,568,849 1,767,346 1,846,418 1,804,950 1,744,410
400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 2,000,000 SY 09 SY 10 SY 11 SY 12 SY 13 SY 14 SY 15 SY 16 SY17 SY18 SY19
We served free breakfast to all students
Free breakfast will be provided again
This is to re-introduce the option to eat
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.
CCPS installed digital signs as a pilot in three schools.
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
Mary H. Matula Elementary School La Plata High School Mattawoman Middle School
Served hot dogs, chicken and pork produced in Maryland and beef raised in
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
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)
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
in the classroom. The only change is that all students eat free
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 effect July 1, 2018.
The State is responsible for
reimbursing a county Board of Education for the student’s cost of a reduced price breakfast and lunch.
Beginning in SY2020, the cost to
students will decrease by 10 cents each school year as the state picks 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.