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Community of Practice Call August 6, 2020
Community of Practice Call August 6, 2020
About this Series
The Center for Ecoliteracy and LunchAssist host regular Community of Practice calls where we review the latest policy updates and highlight tools, best practices, and lessons learned from school districts and allied organizations across the state of California. This free series offers an opportunity for districts to connect with one another, share ideas, and build connections with community partners and government agencies around the state.
August 6, 2020 Call
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Chat: Community of Practice Call August 6, 2020
Welcome! Please introduce yourself by typing your name, position and where you work into the chat box.good morning!Fran Debost South San Francisco USDGood morning!Amy Glodde with No Kid HungryGail Gousha, SD Hunger CoalitionCindy from Northern California-LoletaDale Kehr, I am from Illinois, UIUC Extension programs SNAP-ED EducatorJennifer Marrone San Diego USD - Business Manager, Food Services, the CDEGood morning, all, Christina Hecht from UC Nutrition Policy Institute. I bet some of you know my husband Ken Hecht - my best helper and workmate :-)Colleen Robinson at SDUSD Food & Nutrition ServicesHello, I'm Sonia Fernandez Arana from Let's Eat Healthy (Dairy Council of CA), Community Nutrition AdviserMari Fujikawa, Director at Berryessa Union SDTracey Budge Escondido Union School DIstrict Nutrition ServicesSneh Nair with San Juan Unified School DistrictTrista Grigsby, Farm to School Specialist, VA Dept. of EdMorning! Kat Soltanmorad with Tahoe Truckee USD in beautiful Lake Tahoe.good morning! Laura Burns with the Virginia Department of EducationGood morning,Sally Spero Child Nutrition Director Lakeside. My office staffYousef Buzayan, Community Alliance w/ Family FarmersHello Cathy Moen Robla School District Food Service DirectorFrances Herrera Yuma County Public Health, Arizona Health Zone ProgramGood morning, Teresa Bettleyon Director of Child Nutrition at Marsing School District in IdahoGood Morning! Nicole Hite, Operations Supervisor San Dieguito UHSDgood morningMorning! Lauren Blacker, Stanford PediatricsI’m Debbi Dodson with Carton Council Big shout out to Leyla at Center for Ecoliteracy for helping me find the perfect speakers for a conference.Trina Hutchinson @ Westmorland USD Food Service DirectorMaddy Moritsch, Alliance for a Healthier GenerationErika Allen, Central Union High School, El Centro, Ca.Emily Cena, Ramona Unified School District. Love my central kitchen team!Good Morning Leigh Ann Bozung, Lakeside Union School District Food ServiceKusten Orr, lead at Vallecitos School in Rainbow, CaGood Morning - Cathy Paredes, Food Service Director, Borrego Springs USDHollie Hillard, Sand Creek School, Michigan- Kitchen Manager. The kitchen manager from Morenci Schools, a neighbor school has helped me so much this whole school year.Good morning, Lisa Herberg TUHSD. Nice coming to work with all staff this summerGood morning Anita Papke Peterson FarmsAmanda Pitones Food Service Manager Calipatria Unified School District.Darlene Morrow, Prosser School DIstrictGood morning, Marisol Cortez, Director, Temple City Unified School DistrictVanessa DiazGood morning. Dawn Ahlers, San Diego Unified School District - Food Services Business Operations SupervisorMeadows Union School DistrictDeirdre Kleske, County of San Diego HHSAWelcome, welcome!Yay Paloma!Hello, Paloma! Congratulations on joining LunchAssist!Whoop! GO, PALOMA!!!! Yay for everybody!Erika Allen, Nutrition Services DirectorCongratulations Paloma!, You will be a wonderful addition to Lunch AssistTHANK YOU!WOW FIRST CERTIFIED FARM!? AWESOME!!!!EUSD FarmLab is amazing - great highlight!Is Santa Clara on this call?! This is amazing!Yes, we're hereNICE WORK!ThanksBunny in the woods was my favorite!!!!!hi Karen! You rock!Amazing work, indeed :DCEP schools we have to serve Breakfast and Lunch at no cost during normal circumstancesLetter will be send out by the end of the week! You can view it here: [link]does anyone know what the timeline on this act is?For California child nutrition directors in “watch list” counties: are you regularly part of reopening decision-making meetings? What intervals are your districts meeting at leading up to reopening campuses?They are routing a Dear Colleague letter due todayRegarding SSO implementation for the remainder of SY 20/21 - how will districts be reimbursed? Typically reimbursement is calculated on ISP %'s ...Please clarify/explain how to submit claims for each site of student enrollment if the District is 100% CEP and the meals provided may be given to households with multiple children enrolled various schools.From what we’ve heard from our contact on the Hill, the USDA has asked for the bill to be passed through the House, because they don’t believe they have the authority to grant the waivers through 20/21. Though, we are continuing to pressure them through every avenue possible.If you are serving students at locations that are the students home school, when filing claims, if you are doing a bulk entry, just make sure you do not go over the student enrollment when claimingLeyla, yes absolutely. We have been meeting weekly since we closed in addition transitioned our district "Safety" Committee into a Logistics/Operations committee... we have been meeting biweekly since July. In addition, we have been on every Principal/Teacher planning meeting since June.Yes, we are involved. We were meeting twice a week earlier this summer, but everything got a bit scattered with the governor's order on July 16. Meetings are sporadic in our district nowThe bill has to pass both house and senate.Exactly. It has to pass both. It is expected to sail through the House.^thanks for that info!And will stop dead in the senate. :-(Senate is another problem. So there is also a “Dear Colleague” Letter being circulated to pressure Senate.Catherine, according to CDE, schools have to collect meal counts BY SCHOOL regardless of where the students picked up their meal (from another site they don't usually attend). We will try to get more info on this and get back to you.USDA is in support, but looking for the political pressure,*from what we’ve heardagreed!!Is anyone offering Pop Up Child Care to children of essential workers?Kat & Emily thanks for sharing more! For counties on the list, I’m curious how often they are reevaluating and generally what will be expected of you all to turn on a time & have campuses open.Ed Burke from Santa Rosa shared this neat touch free adapter for those cambro containers: [link]Placer County is on the watch list. Our district covers Nevada, Placer and parts of El Dorado... since we are under Placer COE we are following those guidelines. Daily both public health Directors are in direct contact with our Superintendent, reevaluatingWow, thank you ^We must be off the watchlist for 14 days; for our district that means any and all counties our schools reside in. Eastern Nevada County which is Truckee has seen a significant increase in cases due to tourismWe are working on reopen hybrid plans sometime in October -we shall seeWe’ll share out Christina’s contact info in the follow up email, too!(Thank you, Christina!)Thank you!Awesome work SDUSD :DIf you are offering 1 type of milk, are you offering flavored, or plain?I would like to see guidance from CDE regarding OVS that only covers milk. I am concerned this information is incorrectit's not possible to do 'partial' OVS right? ie. let students decline milk/fruit but not the potentially pre-plated meat/MA/Grain?^ I second Sally's concern.Any updates on the waiver to continue serving the community?USDA is not moving toward allowing area eligibilityThank you!or extending SFSP or SSOThanks for the update, Stephanie.Can you share more about what you’ve heard?By the way, folks, if you have the capacity to package your own juice in small cartons, you could package water that way, too. When she was at Detroit USD, Betti Wiggins set this up to help keep her kids hydrated with waterWebsite correction. www.recyclecartons.com (small typo on the slide)Thank you Debbi! www.recyclecartons.comSally, Anna and Emily, thank you for your comment. We will get more info to clarify your concerns.congrats on Pro!!Love the PRO! Great jobwhere can we find free COVID school trainingsYou can just submit a new meal pattern flexibility waiver, not in CNIPSYes. I just emailed my CNC and got the approval from herI haven’t seen any guidance on employee break roomThey don't want us to do new waivers, just updateother industries (like recycling facilities) just space people apart in break rooms.Regarding Breakrooms, all I’ve heard on this issue is that staff should NOT eat together. Especially indoors. Outside, apart. 6’ (at least). And stay in cohorts/work podsWe have schedule all breaks to stagger. we do not allow people to be within 6 feet of each other while eating. we also have stickers on floors and tables showing where people can stand or sit.maybe they can go outside for their break under a tree for shade?Similar to how restaurants are spacing guests for patio dining.We recommend their Cars^^ good suggestionGood idea, JenniferThank you Amanda and Stephanie, those are great strategies, thanks for sharing!Maybe have a classroom for cooling especially where it is hot like here 110-120Utilize the MPR. Should be plenty of room.Such good ideas!Yes please! Great idea!Yes, please make this available to all!Interested.Great Ideathat would be awesome to know how many serving are in whole vegetables and fruityes pleaseHope is not as confusing as the food buying guideNot an exact science.YesWe’ll share out broadly :)It’s awesome, Mickinzie is amazing for creating it!Yes! As Mickinzie mentioned — pls let us know if there are other items you want to see featured in the calculator :)Has anyone developed their claiming procedures and willing to share?Any one have a district where staff prefer to serve breakfast and lunch at separate times every day?We have two schools that do not have School Breakfast Program, but the sites where we will be distributing curbside meals do have SBP. Can we claim breakfasts that we serve to students from those two schools?For sure you'll be able to, just need to apply for SBP for those 2.Would that be something similar for kids who ride the bus to a different district, but live in our community?I plan to give my students color coded meal card designate colors by school sites. My bus staff will will tally on a paper each meal by school then claim them accordinglyI am a CEP school^ that’s a good idea, CathyThanks for another great meeting! Leaving for another meeting.Thank you!Thanks for another great call. Hats off to you all!Thank you!We plan on Color cards tothank you!Thank youthank you all, great meeting!Thanks :-)thank you!Always appreciate you all so much and appreciate the support and community collaboration!!!Thank you for all that YOU do!Thank you!Thank you for putting this togetherThank you all!!Thank you!!0
