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Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Students support, but don't always eat, new school lunches

October 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
In a taste test of new lunch items last year at the Long Beach Unified School District, the "fiesta salad" received a nearly 73 percent approval rating. One student even declared that the dish of pinto beans, cilantro, corn, tomatoes and cayenne pepper was "better than McDonald... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Oakland schools seek kitchen upgrades with ballot measure

October 9, 2012, 12:05 AM
Public schools in Oakland are looking for major kitchen remodeling with a measure on the November ballot. If approved, Measure J would authorize the Oakland Unified School District to issue up $475 million in bonds to improve school facilities.  Along with seismic upgrades... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Veto pits charter school autonomy against reduced-price meals

October 3, 2012, 12:05 AM
Arguing that he did not want to "erode the independence and flexibility" of charter schools, Gov. Jerry Brown last weekend vetoed legislation that would have required charters to provide low-income students free or reduced-price meals. Brown's veto message [PDF] of AB 1594,... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Schools offer free summer meals, but few kids eat them

July 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
At lunchtime at Cambridge Elementary School, you'd never know that the last day of school was more than a month ago. For one month this summer, Monday through Friday, more than 300 kids packed the Concord school's cafeteria for free lunches. Most of the kids gobbling up cheese pizza,... + read more
Spotlight: K–12

School lunches missing the mark for nutrition standards

July 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
State reviews of school lunches found that hundreds of districts have fed children fattening, salty and nutritionally deficient meals and face infrequent oversight. + read more
Spotlight: K–12

Lack of funds, staff hinder state’s oversight of school lunches

July 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
State records show that about 12 percent of school districts and charter schools have slipped through the cracks and not received a required state review in the past five years. + read more
Daily Report: K–12

How much 'pink slime' beef do schools serve?

March 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
Tomato, tomahto. Pink slime, lean finely textured beef. Whatever you call it, one thing is clear: Many consumers say they don't want it. Yesterday, following growing public disgust, the primary producer of the textured meat, Beef Products Inc., said it is suspending operations at... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Schools bring breakfast into the classroom

October 27, 2011, 12:05 AM
Every morning in Sarah McKerr's third-grade class at Foster Elementary School in Compton, students turn in their homework and file back to their seats with something in hand: a free breakfast. Over the past year, the Compton Unified School District has moved breakfast out of the... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Report: State fails to track free meals at charter schools

October 22, 2010, 4:44 AM
A report released yesterday found that the state Department of Education has failed to keep reliable data on the number of charter school students in federal school breakfast and lunch programs. The report from the California State Auditor aimed to find out how many charter schools... + read more
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