Heading into the 2004-05 academic year, the Everett School District understood its changes to nutritional standards would affect student government funds. Associated student bodies directly benefited from the revenues of pop vending machines, which have been and continue to be eliminated from schools.
When the school board approved the food services changes, it planned on supplementing high schools’ and middle schools’ ASB funding, and at a recent school board meeting, it approved a resolution to transfer funds to ASBs.
This approval will move $93,210 from the general fund to the ASB fund to account for lost revenues in the 2004-05 school year.
This figure is the annual average for ASB funding during the previous three years. Schools will proportionately receive support based on their previous revenues.
In addition, for the 2005-06 academic year, schools will receive 50 percent of the average annual revenue for the previous three years to compensate for losses.
Nutritional changes include:
• No more than 40 percent of calories may be derived from fat with the exception of nuts, seeds and cheese;
• No more than 10 percent of combined calories may be derived from saturated fat and trans fat;
• Types of beverages allowed are 100 percent fruit juice with no added sweeteners, 16 ounces maximum; water, no portion-size limit; and low-fat and non-fat milk, no portion-size limit;
• Beverages allowed at specific sites: coffee drinks that meet the milk standard and do not contain more than 40 percent added sugar by weight with a 16-ounce maximum at high schools, and sports drinks with a 20-ounce maximum portion in the vicinity of secondary school locker rooms.
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