Tag: school lunch
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Henderson County Schools post videos to explain changes in meals, snacks and school fund-raisers involving food
Student Nibre Fortune chose food items at Henderson’s Jefferson Elementary School last April. (Gleaner photo by Mike Lawrence) To help parents and students understand the federally mandated changes in school...
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Montgomery County board OKs free meals at most schools
In a microcosm of discussions taking place all over Kentucky and much of America, a divided Montgomery County Board of Education decided Aug. 19 to offer free meals to all...
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Hopkinsville paper gives detailed description of federally mandated changes in Christian County school lunches
Five years ago Christian County Public Schools served a dessert with every meal, white rolls, and vegetables with plenty of salt, Margarita Cambest reports for the Kentucky New Era in Hopkinsville....
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Fort Thomas joins other wealthy school districts in U.S. that have dropped federal school-lunch program
The wealthy Fort Thomas school district in Northern Kentucky is dropping out of the federal school-lunch program because “Kids didn’t like their healthful lunches,” Jessica Brown reports for The Cincinnati...
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‘Hard times’ help 13 more schools in Paducah area join about 20 in federal program that gives free meals to all students
Thirteen more schools in the Paducah area will offer free breakfasts and lunches to all students under a provision of the federal school-lunch program, joining about 20 others in the...
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Mass. study finds home-packed school lunches lack whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and have too much sugary stuff
Packing a healthy lunch that kids will eat is an ongoing challenge for families, and a challenge that is often not met, according to a study by researchers at Tufts...
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Ballard County joins schools with free meals for all students
Ballard County is the latest in Kentucky where all public schools will provide free lunch and breakfast to all students, now that more than 40 percent of its middle- and...
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New school nutrition requirements extend to snacks, beverages and a la carte cafeteria items
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Schools will have to provide students with healthier snacks and beverages during the school day this year as part of the U.S. Department of...
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Study shows if you make whole grains available, kids will eat them
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Parents who think their children won’t eat or like whole-grain products need to put that notion aside and start putting them on the table,...
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Health advocates recommend teaching children benefits of healthy food, even raw, to adapt to school-meal guidelines
Health advocates say that teaching people, especially children, about nutrition and the value of new federal guidelines for school meals can help improve Kentucky’s health, Jacqueline Pitts reports for “Pure...