The United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, oversees
the feeding of America’s school children.
This week, the Mountain-Plains regional director, Darlene Sanchez, came
to Topeka to find out how the new school meals standards are working in Topeka
Public Schools. The USDA implemented the
Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, the school breakfast program that started
this year and the recently announced smart snacks in school nutrition
standards.
Sanchez visited Scott Dual Language Magnet School where she
was given a tour of the school and told about its dual language program. She then sat down with kindergarten students
and had lunch with them. “We were
thrilled to be a part of Darlene’s visit to Topeka,” said Niki Jahnke, general
director of child nutrition services for Topeka public Schools. “I am happy to have been given the
opportunity to share with USDA our challenges and our successes in implementing
the new food standards.”
