Child Nutrition Program Director of Child Nutrition Program 2018 CNP Program Update Child Nutrition Program Mr. Henry Ward Director of Child Nutrition Program Date July 12, 2018

Summer Food Service Program 9 School Site Locations Mobile Summer Food Deliveries Van – 2 sites Truck - 19 sites Total meals Served to date: 29,261 Marketing Tactics utilized: Television News Stations Robo Call on June 17th HSC Website Giveaways Social media Summer Employees Working 25 Huntsville City 23 Temporary Staff -School sites include McDonnell, Dawson, Lakewood, Lee High, Sonnie Hereford, Ridgecrest, Rolling Hills, and Providence -Summer food program van (pictured) -Spread the word about the program -News stations Channels, 19, 31, 48, and ETV -Robo call reached 20,183 people -Gave away visors (little girl is wearing in the bottom pic) -Summer jobs gave people an opportunity to gain more revenue over the summer Allowed us to work 9 month employees and temp staff who otherwise would not be working

School Menus Changes have been made to reflect student input 4 week and 6 week menu cycle for Breakfast & Lunch Added variety Repetition of student favorites (Pre K – 8th Grade) -Going to touch on operations for fall 2018. -Student input based on direct person to person questions involving all grades from elementary school to high school. -We will utilize the cycles to help with efficiency and control inventory. -The repetition of favorites gives our customers their favorite choices more often.

New Technology Vending Machines in all High Schools Columbia Jemison/ McNair Huntsville High Lee High Grissom High Digital Menu Boards in all School Sites -Vending machines will contain reimbursable meals for students an will be available through out the school day. Food items include garden salads, parfaits, smoothies, sandwiches, and whole fruit. They are also linked to our POS system. -This board is at triple AAA. Digital menu boards will display the menus for meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and supper. Also being utilized this summer. There over 36 installed

New Technology EZ School Lunch Interactive Menu App information regarding menus Student friendly Will assist in marketing Parent information -The app will give both parents and students the ability to see what menu items are being served currently and in the future via mobile devices. -A person will just need to visit google play and download the app. Once you search for a school then you can save it as your favorite. It also gives the school’s location geographically and meal service times. -Helps to boost lunch participation, very interactive -Students can rate meal choices which will be relayed back to the CNP department as helpful data -Ties into the menu signage -Gives parents the menu by date

New Technology Smart Temps Smart Shield Food Preparation Holding and cooking Preventing food borne illnesses -SMART Temps is a patented wireless temperature management system for food service and temperature sensitive equipment. -helps with knowing when food is cooked to the correct temperature. -Ensures food is prepped and held in a safe manner -gives us the ability to accurately monitor all menu items to determine if they are ready to be served. -also notifies us if food storage areas are out of the necessary temperature range to properly house food based on USDA guidelines. -food safety is paramount so this tool is beneficial in preventing food borne illnesses -

Fall 2018 CNP Operations Employees Working with PESG to get current and new temps signed up Introduced “Employee of the week” program Supervisor of the month Recognize retirees Years of service awards -We are Working diligently with PESG to ensure we are staffed for each school site. -A department is only as good as it people so we want to give our people incentives to recognize them for their hard work, determination, and the value that they bring to the Child nutrition program. -Human capitol is invaluable and we want to keep our employees and continue to assist them in their professional growth process. -We also recognized our outstanding staff members with an employee of the week program and supervisor of the month. It gives them the sense that their performances are not going unnoticed or not unrewarded. -We are also pointing out our retirees and the have dedicated their lives to feeding our young people and we appreciate their role in what we do. -Longevity breeds experience and a price cannot be placed on what a knowledgeable staff member can bring to the table when goals and directives need to be accomplished. So we highlight our long term staff members who have worked five years or more and we encourage them to continue their journey with us as we look to become stronger and better each day that the program moves along.

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