General Counsel Michael Inzelbuch, Esq. today told TLS there is an important factor Mosdos need to be aware of regarding the food boxes for the summer.
“If your school operates a SSO (“Seamless Summer Option”) program during the summer, you can only serve meals for 5 days,” Inzelbuch said. If your school operates a SFSP (“Summer Food Service Program“) School program during the summer, you can serve meals for 7 days (an entire week)”
Regarding how the Lakewood School District is a SFSO, Inzelbuch stated, “Lakewood School District, thanks to the Superintendent, Board President Moshe Bender, and the entire Board, is an SFO program site, so we are serving meals for all 7 days.”
NOTE: If your school is a SSO, you can contact Tracii Butler, Department of Agriculture at 609-292-4498 to see if a change in your program’s classification to a SFSP can be arranged. According to Inzelbuch, “Tracii is a friend of ALL kids and is accessible and very knowledgeable. I have had the pleasure of dealing with her – truly refreshing.”
I once spent close to 2 hours trying to find some food from a food service program that I misplaced.
Finally, a friend of mine approached me and told me: “If you want to find the food, you need to think ‘out of the box’.
So, I listened to him, and brought a sniffer dog to help me locate the food.
And wow! My friends “out of the box” advice worked like a charm! The dog located the food “in the box” where the food had been placed!
I’m fortunate to have a friend who is very quick in assessing the the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of any given situation.