Healthy Changes in Our School Cafeterias!
Dayton Independent school cafeterias are meeting tough new federal nutrition standards for school meals, ensuring that meals are healthy and well-balanced and provide students all the nutrition they need to succeed at school. Now is a great time to encourage your kids to choose school lunch!
School meals offer students milk, fruits and vegetables, proteins and grains, and they must meet strict limits on saturated fat and portion size. Starting in School Year 2013 -2014 school breakfast will meet additional standards as the lunch program underwent changes last year
· Age-appropriate calorie limits
· More whole grains
· And less sodium
We’re always working to offer Dayton students healthier and tastier choices. To find out more about Dayton’s healthy school meals visit our website at www.dayton.kyschools.us and to get the facts about school meals visit www.TrayTalk.org.
School Nutrition provides breakfast and lunch meals during the school day. Our menu choices are selected to be nutritionally balanced as possible and meet or exceed the U. S. Department of Agriculture dietary standards. These guidelines require school lunches to average no more than 30 percent calories from fat and no more that 10 percent calories from saturated fat in a one-week period. In addition, lunches must provide an average of one-third of the key nutrients including protein, Vitamins A and C, calcium and iron and calories recommended daily for children.
Breakfast menus must meet the same restrictions for calories from fat as lunches. However, breakfast menus provide an average of one-quarter of the key nutrients and calories recommended daily for children.
Nutrional guidelines for ala carte items offered in our cafeterias also must meet nutritional standards which are no more than 8 grams of fat per serving, no more than 30% of calories from fat and no more than 35% added sugar by weight. Beverages must be no more that 10 grams of sugar per serving,100% fruit juice, unflavored, non-carbonated water, flavored unsweetened water and 2%, 1%, skim white and flavored milk.
Dayton Independent Schools' Nutrition & Physical Activity Report Card
Your District's Scorecard
Congratulations! You have completed the WellSAT. Check out your scorecard below. It contains details of how you scored on each item and section of the assessment. It also provides resources that will help you improve your district’s school wellness policy.
Items with a rating of “0” (item not addressed in the policy) or “1” (general or weak statement addressing the item) can be improved by referring to the resource links next to the items. Multiple resources addressing school wellness policy topics are available online. To avoid duplicative information, we have included a small selection, rather than a comprehensive listing.
To review how scores are calculated, click here.
Policy Name: Dayton School District
Section 3. Nutrition Standards for Competitive and Other Foods and Beverages
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Rating
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Resources for Improving Wellness Policy
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NS1
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Regulates vending machines.
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2
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IOM
NPLAN
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NS2
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Regulates school stores.
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2
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IOM
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NS3
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Regulates food service a la carte OR food sold as an alternative to the reimbursable school meal program (if not defined as to what this means).
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2
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IOM
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NS4
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Regulates food served at class parties and other school celebrations.
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2
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AFHK
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NS5
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Addresses limiting sugar content of foods sold/served outside of USDA meals.
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2
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IOM
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NS6
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Addresses limiting fat content of foods sold/served outside of USDA meals.
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2
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IOM
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NS7
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Addresses limiting sodium content of foods sold/served outside of USDA meals.
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2
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IOM
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NS8
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Addresses limiting calorie content per serving size of foods sold/served outside of USDA meals.
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2
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IOM
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NS9
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Addresses increasing "whole foods" (whole grains, unprocessed foods, or fresh produce) sold/served outside of USDA meals.
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2
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IOM
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NS10
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Addresses food not being used as a reward.
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2
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AFHK
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NS11
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Addresses limiting sugar content of beverages sold/served outside of USDA meals.
(If the policy specifies guidelines for limiting added sugar in food, do not assume these guidelines apply to beverages).
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2
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IOM
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NS12
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Addresses limiting regular (sugar-sweetened) soda sold/served outside of USDA meals. (If the policy specifies guidelines for limiting added sugar in food, do not assume these guidelines apply to beverages).
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2
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IOM
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NS13
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Addresses limiting fat content of milk sold/served outside of school meals. (If the policy addresses limiting the fat content of foods, do not assume these policies apply to milk).
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2
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IOM
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NS14
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Addresses serving size limits for beverages sold/served outside of school meals.
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2
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IOM
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NS15
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Addresses access to free drinking water.
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0
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IOM
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NS16
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Regulates food sold for fundraising at all times (not only during the school day).
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2
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AFHK--Healthy Fundraisers
AFHK--Sweet Deals
CLP
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Subtotal for
Section 3
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Comprehensiveness Score:
Count the number of items rated as "1"or "2" and divide this number by 16. Multiply by 100. Do not count an item if the rating is "0."
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94
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Strength Score:
Count the number of items rated as "2" and divide this number by 16. Multiply by 100.
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94
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*Congratulations! Your policy is very strong in this area. Your district either meets Institute of Medicine standards or has a complete ban on competitive foods. Well done!
Overall District Policy Score
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Total Comprehensiveness
Add the comprehensiveness scores for each of the seven sections above and divide this number by 5.
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District Score
84
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Total Strength
Add the strength scores for each of the seven sections above and divide this
number by 5.
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District Score
84
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Nutrition and Physical activity Report Card 2013
School Breakfast and Lunch Menu
Menus are located on the schools sites.
Contact Information
Phone: 859-292-7486
x 4459
Stacie Pabst, School Nutrition Food Service Director
Cafeteria Prices
USDA Income Eligibility Guidelines
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/notices/iegs/iegs.htm
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