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Designing and Financing Your Food Service Facility to Support Healthy Eating
Phyllis Bramson-Paul, Director, Nutrition Services Division
Kathleen Moore, Director, School Facilities Planning Division
California School Board Association
December 4, 2008
Slides:
1. Healthy Children Ready to Learn
"Physical health affects learning and schools have a role to play in developing lifelong habits of nutrition and fitness. It is time to support a culture of health and fitness in our schools."
2005 State of Education address by Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell
2. Research Findings
Healthy, active, and well-nourished children and youths are more likely to attend school and are more prepared and motivated to learn
- Center on Hunger, Poverty, and Nutrition Policy. The Link Between Nutrition and Cognitive Development in Children, Policy Statement. Medford, MA: Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy, 1994
3. An Overview
- Food Services policy/program issues
- Food Services Best Practices - facilities solutions
4. Development of Document
Public Input
- State/public agencies
- Physical education teachers
- Registered dieticians
- District planners
Photograph of the cover of the publication Healthy Children Ready to Learn: Facilities Best Practices
5. Common Challenges
- Land unavailable/expensive
- Facilities too small for current enrollment
- Delivery methods changed
- Money
6. Food Service Facilities Solutions
- Create identity for the cafeteria
- Develop relationships
- Improve efficiency of deliver methods
- Maximizing impact of money spent
7. School meals are the most nutritious choice for students
8. Historical trend: more snacks, fewer meals
- Insufficient reimbursement rates
- Emphasis on a la carte sales
- Built environment
- Time crunch
9. Recent California Initiatives
- Nutrition standards for food and beverage
- More fruits and vegetables at breakfast
- No foods with artificial trans fats
- No deep fried, par fried, or flash fried foods
- $0.05 increase in state reimbursement
10. What does this mean?
- Need for improved operations and delivery methods
- Higher quality food
- Upgraded kitchens
- Updated serving methods
- Attractive eating areas
11. Facilities' Role in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity
- Picture of arrow pointing up - Participation equals better overall nutrition equals overall academic results
- Maximize participation in the School Breakfast/Lunch Program through design and innovation
12. Facilities' Role in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity
Governor's Obesity Prevention Plan
- Promote appropriate design and land uses that support access to healthy foods
- Planners as health officials
13. If you build it, they will come!
- Attractive environment
- Quick service
- Tables and seating
14. California Code of Regulations, Title 5 Section 14030(k)
Auxiliary Areas
"Multipurpose/cafeteria area shall be adequately sized and flexibly designed to protect students from the elements and to allow all students adequate eating time during each lunch period..."
15. School Facilities Planning Division Recommendations
- Design spaces based on master plan capacity, not current project plan
- Ensure multi-purpose or cafeteria maximum occupancy can meet lunch crowd capacity
16. Ten Best Practices - Food Services
Photograph of boy in cafeteria getting lunch
17. Best Practice 1
Develop inclusive planning processes with the end user
Photograph of students at their desk sampling foods
18. Best Practice 2
Create attractive environments to increase student participation in the school lunch program
Two photographs of a cafeteria before remodel and after
19. Photograph of a cafeteria before remodel
20. Photograph of a cafeteria after remodel
21. Photograph of a cafeteria in the Compton Unified School District before remodel
22. Photograph of a cafeteria before remodel
23. Best Practice 3
Install signage
Photograph of students in lunch line
24. Best Practice 4
Create healthy, convenient food options and point of sale
Photograph of student using point of sale device in lunch line
Point of sale devices enable food lines to move faster
25. Best Practice 5
Accommodate growth on existing campuses
Photograph of students at a food cart
Food carts around the campus of Monroe High School accommodate more students during lunch
26. Best Practice 6
Celebrate locally grown/student grown produce
27. Best Practice 7
Create a parent resource center
28. Best Practice 8
Install seating areas for students
Photograph of students at outdoor seating area
29. Photograph of campus before remodel
30. Photograph of campus before remodel
31. Photograph of campus after remodel
32. Best Practice 9
Secure funds from unconventional sources
Clip art of business men standing on money
33. Best Practice 10
Collaborate with local business
Clip art of business people looking over a computer
34. Case Study: Moreno Valley Unified School District
- Renovated six middle school cafeterias
- Scope of project
- Cost
- Funding
- Return on Investment
35. Sources of School Facilities Funding - Including Food Service
- Williams' Emergency Repair Program
- State Allocation Board (SAB) Modernization Program
- SAB New Construction Program
- SAB Career Technical Education Facilities Program
- SAB Overcrowded Relief Program
36. Williams' Emergency Repair Program
- Deciles 1-3 schools eligible
- No local funding match required
- Funding to repair building systems and structural components that pose health and safety threat
- Eligible: Non-functioning kitchen equipment - refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, lunch tables (if attached)
- $800 million total, $130.7 million currently available
37. Modernization Program
- Eligibility based on either number of students at school or square footage
- facilities must be over 25 years old
- Cost per pupil allowance - "60/40 state/local"
- Funds may be expended on facility improvements and furniture and equipment
- Declining enrollment districts could still qualify depending upon eligibility determined above
- $2.1 billion remaining
38. New Construction Program
- District must have "unhoused" student eligibility
- Per pupil funding - "50-50" state/local share
- Funds may be expended on new facility construction and furniture and equipment
- Generally declining enrollment districts do not quality with some exceptions
- $712 million remaining
39. Overcrowded Relief Program
- Intent to reduce portable classrooms and replace with permanent construction
- Must be a site with population density 175 percent of the California Department of Education recommended
- Funds may be spent on new construction and equipment
- $960 million available
40. Career Technical Facilities Program
- New program - 50/50 state/local funding
- No "unhoused" requirement
- California Department of Education grants approval/SAB funding approval
- 15 Career Technical Education Sectors including hospitality, tourism, and recreation industry
- Two food service pathways
- 53 applications received, all with food service component
- $500 million was available. The Second Round of Career Technical Education funding will be presented at the December SAB meeting. It is anticipated that all of the funds will be exhausted.
41. Questions?
- Technical assistance?
- Regional facilities consultants
- School Facilities Planning Division
