Show Nourishing With about Utah students daily sitting down to a school lunch of are free or sold at reduced prices for underprivileged National School Lunch Week is being celebrated October 10 to AMONG the chief concerns of school food service peo is to a nourishing meal that meets at least one-third of a student's daily child ill-fed is dulled in lower in distracted from said President Richard M. Nixon at the White House Conference on Nutrition and School lunch personnel agree and have long told educators that can't teach a hungry AN AVERAGE per cent of Utah's school population eats a school lunch each This ranges from about 40 percent in some secondary schools to almost percent in some elementary A total of Utah public schools and 6 private schools offer the school lunch Only 27 public schools in the entire state are without Breakfasts are even part of the program in 27 AVERAGE student price for lunches is 25 cents for elementary schools and 30 to 35 cents for junior highs and high Faculty members pay varying depending on school district up to 50 The federal government pays six cents on every student lunch served and 30 cents for every free or reduced price State funds which come from the state tax on wine and liquor account for another six cents on each student In addition about 8 worth of surplus food from the U. S. Department of Agriculture is used in each SALARIES paid to Utah's school lunch workers are also an important part of the Utah Highlight of National School Lunch Week will be October when 24 and one half million students throughout the United States will eat exactly the same meal for school They'll have green tossed milk and a ALMOST 34 million school lunches were served in Utah last including those served in private under the Free or reduced price lunches totaled 3 7 In extra half-pints of milk were making a total of half pints of milk |