Operation and Management of Student Meal Service Programs in the Department of Defense Dependents Schools.
Abstract
The Department of Defense Dependents School (DoDDS) system provides elementary and secondary education to approximately 134,000 students, predominantly dependent children of U.S. military personnel stationed abroad, in 261 schools in 22 foreign countries. Although some schools, about 28% of the total, have meal programs which fulfill or nearly fulfill the USDA standards, most schools have neither meal programs nor the equipment, facilities or organizations to carry out meal programs. The school system does not participate in programs established by the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. LMI was tasked to study the school meal situation as it might apply to DoDDS and to make recommendations for a system-wide quality meal program at a reasonable cost. During the period of the study the Defense Dependents Education Act of 1978 was made law, extending the benefits of the two earlier laws to students of DoDDS. The report makes recommendations in the areas of system-wide and local-level management responsibility, responsibility for foodstuff logistics on a global and local scale, and for the types of meal preparation and delivery services best suited to schools on the basis of cost, effectiveness and feasibility factors. Program costs are estimated, and a staffing and an implementation task outline are presented. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA084629
Entities
People
- Brian E. Mansir
- Connelly D. Stevenson
- Michael K. Masterson
Organizations
- LMI