Bill Turque, education reporter for The Washington Post, reports in his online column, “D.C. Schools Insider” that schools Chief Operating Officer Anthony Tata is exploring a possible switch from current food provider Chartwells. Chartwells is the company behind the six-part series I reported here after spending a week in the kitchen of my daughter’s elementary […]
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Yesterday I stopped by the cafeteria at my daughter’s school here in the District of Columbia–H.D. Cooke Elementary–and this is what many of the kids were having for breakfast: A package of sugar-glazed cookies called Kellogg’s Crunchmania Cinnamon buns; chocolate- or strawberry-flavored milk; grape juice. A 1.76-ounce packet of Crunchmania contains 13 grams of […]
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I will be in Kojo Nnamdi’s studio today at 12:30 pm for a half-hour segment on the “Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen” series that recently appeared in this space, detailing the food being served at my daughter’s elementary school–H.D. Cooke–here in the District of Columbia. The series has created quite a stir in the […]
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