Show I. I School Lunch Hits bats Utah now spends or its school lunch program Last year over meals were served At that some districts participated only partially The program initia initiated ed in 1913 has reached maturi maturi- ty ry It has become a very important important important im im- part of school operations opera opera- IT IS noteworthy that tha an average of pupils pupil i participate in the program o or 47 per cent of the total average school attendance This means mean r that the pupil cost so measured is 83 33 per year The revenues to support this this this' extensive program are arc derived from the following th ih r e e c sources received via the federal government 5 from student cash sales and state and local sources contributed FEDERAL contributions are funneled into the state under three separate programs the surplus commodities p plan pIa 1 a n which contributes bulk food foodstuffs foodstuffs foodstuffs stuffs a special appropriation to expand milk program and andt t matching monies c Federal requirements for receiving receiving receiving re re- I this aid are as follows 1 that school lunches provide from 3 1 to J z i of the average f daily nutritional requirements r of the child 2 school program must be profit non 3 schools provide free lunches to the needy 5 b per cent of Utah r lunches are for this purpose 4 School will make no dist dish discrimination dis- dis t h crimination in distribution of commodities because of race creed or color iF SUBSTANTIAL cost varia varia- are manifest For the 63 1962 school year the state average was 2763 per pupil in average daily attendance in the districts Piute was high with Emery was next with and and Rich had On the other hand Kane spent Murray 2305 and Tintic 2554 Salt Lake City District in addition addition ad ad- to the special milk program program program pro pro- gram has just one elementary school participating COST TRENDS The chart reveals that the students' students share remains relatively stable while federal contributions have in increased increased increased in- in creased from 31 per cent in 1952 to 36 per cent of the total receipts in 1964 State and local sources have decreased from 13 per cent in 1952 to 9 per cent in n 1964 We note also that while meals served have increased by 75 per cent in the past 12 years the average daily attendance attendance attendance attend attend- ance has increased only 44 per cent Emery spends 17 per cent as much for the lunch program as asfor asfor asor for or instruction and Piute per er cent At the other end of the he scale not including Salt Lake Murray spends ten percent percent per cent Wasatch 10 per cent and Granite 11 per percent cent UTAH Sf STATE ATE Superintendents Superintendent's Superintend- Superintend ent's nt's Office coordinates the program throughout the state distributes state and federal aid id as well wen as surplus commodities commod- commod tics among the school districts It t also offers advice and direction direction tion on on menus conducts extensive extensive exten- exten sive ive training programs as well wen wells wenas as s offering consultation on pertinent pertinent per- per nent problems Procedures vary among the school districts on such matters matters matters mat mat- as centralization of kitchen kitch kitch- en and warehouse facilities which would seem to offer distinct distinct distinct dis dis- dis- dis advantages to highly urbanized urbanized urbanized ur ur- areas Many districts have also found it expedient to plan lunch rooms as multipurpose multi pur pose rooms THE UTAH Taxpayers' Taxpayers Association Association Association As- As suggests that school districts devote further study to planning their cafeteria facilities facilities facilities fa fa- fa- fa to minimum student participation rather than maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum labor and construction construction con con- construction costs can be cut materially materially ma mn- in m certain areas by reducing reducing reducing re re- re- re the size of the lunchroom lunchroom lunchroom lunch lunch- room and feeding the children in two or three shifts Districts should also study the possibility ity that substantial savings may be obtained through joint purchasing on bids of food as aswell aswell aswell well as school supplies and equipment h. h |