in the news – Page 5 – Breakfast in the Classroom

Date:April 26, 2011Posted By:Christina UticoneComments:1 CommentCategory:in the news, school, school breakfast, SpotlightTag:in the news, in-classroom breakfast, school breakfast, school stories

Orange County Public Schools: Breakfast in the Classroom Kick-Off Event

The breakfast-in-the-classroom implementation process continues! Orange County Public Schools—one of our five pilot program districts—has begun serving over 9,600 students a free morning breakfast in the classroom. The participating schools in OCPS are: Elementary Schools Little River Elementary Millennia Elementary Mollie Ray Elementary Sadler Elementary Tangelo Park Elementary Three Points Elementary Ventura Elementary Engelwood Elementary…

Date:February 10, 2011Posted By:Christina UticoneCategory:in the news, local/regional, public policy, stateTag:current events, in the news, in-classroom breakfast, public policy

In the News: February 10, 2011

School breakfast—and school nutrition in general—have stayed in the headlines over the last few weeks. The stories run the gamut from simple press releases to heated op-eds on the pros and cons of any number of issues surrounding food in schools: nutritional value, funding, USDA guidelines, education, etc. Here are a few that caught my…

Date:February 3, 2011Posted By:Christina UticoneComments:2 CommentsCategory:federal, food insecure, in the news, public policyTag:in the news, public policy, school food, school vacation

Snow Days and Vacations: Food for Thought

I grew up in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, smack in-between Buffalo and Syracuse. I enjoyed my fair share of snow days and then some. To me “snow days” meant sleeping in and lunches of grilled cheese sandwiches and Campbell’s soup with my mom (a teacher) and my younger brother. My mom…