National School Lunch Week: A Focus on Healthful Eating

This week is National School Lunch Week, supported by the National Education Association and the School Nutrition Association. This national health observance offers an opportunity to focus on making school-provided lunches as healthy as possible.

For this year’s theme — “School Lunch- Let’s Grow Healthy” — schools are encouraged to follow a program to educate kids about locally grown produce and the benefit of eating lunch, in order to grow up strong and healthy.

Kidsdata.org includes data on eligibility in the Federal Free/Reduced Price School Meal Program. These data, from the California Department of Education, are available for counties and school districts.

In 2010, more than 3.4 million California public school students (56%) were eligible to receive free/reduced price meals. And, in nearly every county in California, that percentage increased from 2008-2010. See more local breakdowns>>

What’s happening in your school district? Visit kidsdata.org to find out>>

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