School Board News » school food service http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org School Board News Today, an online publication of NSBA, provides timely and relevant stories and analysis from NSBA and other news outlets to school board members, administrators, and all others interested in K-12 education. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:23:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New on ASBJ.com http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2009/11/new-on-asbj-com-4/ http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2009/11/new-on-asbj-com-4/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:35:53 +0000 Naomi Dillon http://leadingsource.asbj.com/?p=2886 1109asbjlgDuring these difficult economic times, it’s no surprise that school districts have experienced a surge in the number of free and reduced priced meals it serves. As any food service director will tell you, however, balancing their budget on the subsidies the federal government provides is a tricky endeavor.

Though, as money columnist Charles Trainor writes, it gets even trickier if tight controls and oversight aren’t practiced in school food service departments. For more advice on how to achieve that, read Trainor’s latest installment, now available online for a limited time.

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