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School lunches are getting a major update as districts rethink what belongs on the tray. From nuggets to nori, global flavors ...
Chocolate Pudding. The highlight of many lunch trays came in a small plastic cup with a peel-back lid. This creamy dessert often disappeared first, leaving students scraping the sides for every ...
Fall often conjures memories of high school with weather that's perfect for football games, homecoming dances and even studying in the library. Generations of Knoxvillians spent their high school ...
America’s school lunch program is in crisis. As of last year, the national public school meal debt was approximately $262 million, with 30.4 million students unable to afford their school meals.
Kraft Heinz announced Tuesday that school administrators will be able to buy Lunchables ahead of the 2023-24 school year. Packages of Lunchables at a Publix grocery store in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2014.
Vangellow encouraged his kids, ages 13, 14, 15, and 16, to pack snacks from home to supplement school lunch, especially on days they had sports. But he couldn't let go of what they had said.
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which was established through the the 1946 National School Lunch Act and now feeds more than 30 million children daily, has a feminist history that dates ...
The Granite School District on Tuesday offered a glimpse of what a pandemic-prepared cafeteria will look like. Caption: KUTV: Kyle Harvey reports Speaking from Woodrow Wilson Elementary in South ...
When school started up, lunch participation numbers were really high. "That lasted for about two weeks. Then I had to send out notices about negative meal service balances," she said.