Nutrition programs in School District 57 are projected to have provided 717,284 meals throughout the 2024-25 school year, according to a report at the Tuesday, June 10 meeting of the board of education.
School District 57 received $1,667,742 in funding for nutrition programming through the province’s Feeding Futures Fund in the 2024-25 school year as well as $317,136 from the federal government’s National School Food Program.
In the presentation given by assistant superintendent Pam Spooner, meal programs were broken down into two categories: centralized and school based.
She said Prince George’s meal programs have been showcased by the Ministry of Education in three webinars presented to other districts to help get theirs up and running.
There are two centralized lunch programs in the district, one based out of Prince George Secondary School and another based out of Mackenzie.
The PGSS program delivers lunches to 22 different schools and employs four CUPE staff, one teacher/chef and one business manager.
By June 26, it is projected to have delivered 81,951 meals in 2024-25.
Mackenzie’s lunch program involves one CUPE staff member, two principals, one vice principal and one secondary. It is projected to have delivered 12,155 meals by June 26 this school year.
The school-based meal programs include both breakfast and lunch service.
The presentation indicated 1,349 breakfasts are served daily to elementary students and 1,169 to secondary students. By June 26, the program is estimated to have served 451,586 breakfasts this school year.
The lunch program serves 676 daily meals to elementary students and 288 secondary students. By June 26, the program is estimated to have served 171,592 lunches this school year.
