Mercer County School District 404 Wellness Committee met April 17.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
Call to order: 3:30 PM
Board Members Present:
Tab Balmer
Mike Bowns
Bill Smock
Also Present:
Supt. Scott Petrie
Angie Dillie
Joe Verlinden
Becky Hyett
Julieanne Smet
Julie Oary
Food Service Program and Equipment Needs
K-12 Consulting Companies were discussed. The committee will reach out to Quest Food Management Services, Lombard, IL, to set up a meeting in regards to short term consulting needs. Input on centralized kitchens, transporting foods, and establishing compliance in areas of nutrition and specialty diets were discussed.
CEP – Community Eligibility Provision
The district has met the 40% identified student percentage to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision for school year 2023-2024. Identified students include those who are direct certified free through SNAP, TANF, Homeless, and Foster. Students who qualify for free/reduced meals based on information from a household income form, are not included in that percentage to meet the criteria.
If approved by the BOE, this would allow all of our students that attend MCSD to receive meals for free for 4 consecutive years. This will be a discussion item on the April 26th Regular BOE meeting.
Adjourn at 4:11PM
Motion – Smock
2nd – Balmer
https://www.mercerschools.org/_files/ugd/6b636f_6f49368e3373433bb9ed6ae1b3200e5e.pdf
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