Solutions While the problem is a complex in terms of budgetary issues, this does not mean it is impossible. The best solution to the problem is to end the contract with Sodexo. Recently Ashland, Oregon School District ended its ties with Sodexo (Bottari) “The change has been “absolutely positive, for the kids, for the parents, and definitely for the staff.” Sodexo’s “large cookie cutter approach” wasn’t appropriate, she said, for a little community like Ashland. The kitchen staff now “feel empowered, the district has a measure of control, and parents feel like they have more of a voice - Gema Soto, Food Service Director of the Ashland School District in Oregon.” (Outsourcing America, 2013 When the Ashland School District ended its ties with Sodexo they saw an increase of school meals served. The elementary school went from serving 3,105 to 3,525 in its first year of the program. (Ashland Daily 2010, p. 1) The Ashland School District has shown us that it is possible and cost efficient to end ties with Sodexo. They are also an positive example within our state. …show more content…
In a clinical trial (Rimm) “Efforts to improve the taste of school foods through chef-enhanced meals should remain a priority because this was the only method that also increased consumption.” (p.1, 2014) A simple implementation of starting with breakfasts that are full of healthy whole grains, fruit and low fat proteins would be a huge
Schools are spending too much money with this program that could be spent on other benefits for schools. Rather than using the money to get students new technology or property it 's wasted on a lunch program that students do not enjoy nor want to purchase. In the Article, “School Lunch Food is Not Fresh, Students Say” Journalist Audrey Levine interviews high school students about they feel about their school lunches. “It’s way too expensive now, but I’m still buying,” said senior Stephanie Huang. “And I don’t think more people are bringing lunch because
has to spend more money on changing school lunch system from eliminating unnecessary spending portion of system and create farming class. As reported by Cooper, “ The National School Lunch Program needs 8 billion dollars to feed 30 million children a year to serve high quality foods.” However, this price of amount has to be double to serve healthy foods to students because our next generation has to grow up with high quality foods not with low quality foods. Moreover, according to Cooper, the U.S. spends more than 100 million dollars on fast foods portion which the U.S. suppose to spend less amount of money on fast foods to improve the entire food system of the country. If the U.S. government lower the expense of fast food system and raises the amount of money for school lunches, entire schools of the U.S. would get positive results. For example, students could brainstorm very fast as Albert Einstein, and gain more energy to work out on their gym classes. Furthermore, school have to create agriculture class for students to have strong knowledges in foods. Students can literally be ware of what they eat at their lunch times; they will know vegetables grow in the ground and how foods are really fresh. Therefore, schools must provide farming class as in Berkeley; students have rights to know how foods are important to them. As a result, students could get a lot of benefits for changing school
...r week, after school NutriActive program with kindergarten and first graders. This study’s results indicated that a short, vigorous program such as NutriActive’s, can produce significant and sustainable improvements in motor skills and fitness levels of young children. The nutrition group’s program, especially the interactive components would likely be a great fit for this population, the content may need to be changed slightly to make it more age appropriate but the overall message and delivery would useful. It’s important to point out that the nutrition group, the Holcomb et al. study, and Matvienko et al. study all use of a client centered approach, and a common theme is apparent with respect to enabling individuals participating in these programs to foster feelings of competence, which contribute to their overall sense of well-being and satisfaction in life.
employee stock ownership can create a burden of long-term planning for the sustainability and repurchase program; not all employees can be able to purchase stock. According to the case, Atul believes in a total compensation between 0-10 percent based on employee’s salaries could play as a “trade-off” for a “supportive and respective work environment” (Calo et al., n.d.).
Since the beginning of time, schools were always a place we could trust. A place where we could send our kid(s) off to without worry of what they may be learning, doing, or eating, but perhaps we should be. As the craving of fast food is growing, so is the demand for it. Some schools have taken advantage of this and brought fast food into their schools, providing it for lunch. A high school in California serves McDonald’s, Subway, and even Quiznos to their students for lunch (Lehmann). The school claims the kids are more likely to buy school food when they see brand foods (n.p.). Schools get money from the National School Lunch Program for every meal they serve, but that money from the government only covers so much (n.p.). To pay the rest of the lunch staff, facilities costs, and food, schools turn to the money they make by selling lunches and breakfast to their students (n.p.). Another school in California has even tried to mimic Round Table, a brand name pizza in their area, with healthier ingredients, but was only able to sell 250-300; when they sold Round T...
Nutrition also plays an important role in student health. Proper nutrition promotes optimal growth and development of children. Researchers generally find that a higher quality diet is associated with better performance on academic test scores and that nutritional status can directly affect mental capacity among school age children (Frisvold). Teaching students about the benefits of good nutrition will help them stay healthy throughout their growing years. “My plate” is one of the easy and interactive tools they can avail to assist them in making healthier food
Food is an important topic around Wesleyan campus. Many students question whether the food fresh, what type of chemicals are on our vegetables, and, why is there not a variety of food available in the cafeteria? Also students want more healthy choices to choose from instead of choosing oily, fatty foods. My question is how can Wesleyan and Aramark fix this dilemma? While looking for ways to help please the students, I found that there are things we can do to accommodate the food situation. Catherine Kryjack, a first year student with a serious food allergy helped me gain an understanding of the needs and request regarding Wesleyan’s Cafeteria, while Christopher Crossing, a chef in Wesleyans cafeteria assisted with the search for common ground. Malae Fiaseu, another first year student stated her issues with the cafeteria food, she believes the cafeteria needs more fruits and less oily meals. Wesleyan Colleges’ cafeteria needs more variety of foods and beverages to accommodate the needs and desires of students.
Fast-food franchises are an important part of many high schools income. This money, provided by the students, goes towards extra academics, sports, even art and music programs. When high schools could just as easily serve the same portions of regular school cafeteria food, and make the same amount of revenue by charging the same price.
Education plays a dominant role in the lives of students throughout the United States. Since most students spend roughly eight to twelve hours in school, it is important to make sure that they are provided with a healthy and nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack. Unfortunately, in today’s society, school administrators focus heavily on standardized test scores and school rankings, thus adding more pressure on students and teachers. This being said, schools have begun to focus on providing healthy foods because they help increase a person’s cognitive and critical thinking ability. It is seen that nutrition plays a great role in students’ performance on exams and physical activity due to the correlation between school provided meals and low student performance on tests.
However there is more to it, children are not buying the cafeteria’s “healthy” foods. That being said, Superintendent Teresa Thaye says that her district lost $30,000 dollars in sales in under 3 months. Think about that for a second; $30,000 dollars… in taxpayer money. Keep in mind that was only one district in the United States. There are 13,515 public school districts in the United States. Had every public
In order being to reduce chronic diseases we must start early. The first policy alternative is that all student that attend public schools should have access to a free and healthy breakfast. Good nutrition is essential to good health couple that with the healthy plate program and children will have a solid foundation for generating healthy eating habits early on. About Kids Health, states that four out of five children do not get enough vitamins and minerals from lunch and dinner alone. By simply adding breakfast, children are likely to get the recommend amount vitamins and minerals. Children that don’t eat breakfast are also more
Imagine that you walk into a cafeteria and you see children in line to buy lunch. The lunch is burnt and cold. You see the kids who bought lunch sit down and start asking people for food, they say no. At the end of the lunch period the kids lunch trays still have all the food on them. The children are starving and a lot of food was wasted. You don’t want that right? I believe that our school should get a new lunch menu because many students do not like the food served, there are not many options, and there are many problems with the food.
I recommend that we decrease the average service times for all food stations as well as reduce the minimum service time for the interactive cooking station and increase the inter-arrival time. We can implement this by offering specials a half hour to an hour before the rush period begins, have enough precooked meals available to accommodate the rush and precook the ingredients for the interactive station. We can also have the manager step in as the second cashier whenever a certain amount of time transpires. The cashier on duty can signal to the manager by hand gestures or a light when the wait time has exceeded two minutes, respectively. I also recommend that the layout of the cafeteria be changed. The new layout will give us better organization of the lines in order to decrease confusion.
It is assuring that with a construction of bigger cafeteria with healthy varieties of food will attract more students to eating healthy food in the cafeteria.
First, allowing private food vendors to rent a space will save students time. For example, students will no longer have to drive to get something to eat, giving them plenty of time to make the next class on time. Also, now that students