Our dedicated 36 food service employees provide approximately 3600 meals per day throughout the district.
Menus: All menus are State and USDA approved.
Health Inspection Reports: The five school kitchens in the district consistently receive excellent inspection reports.
Serve Safe Certified: All kitchen managers and many food service employees are ServSafe Certified.
School Nutrition Association: All kitchen managers, assistant managers and many other employees are certified by the School Nutrition Association.
Farm to School: We currently work with local farmers as well as the Department of Defense Fresh Produce Program to obtain local produce.
CT Grown Week: We participate yearly in CT Grown Week featuring locally grown and manufactured products.
Whole Grain Challenge: In 2012
Food and Nutrition Services won honorable mention in a nationwide Whole
Grain Challenge for our initiatives in introducing students to whole
grains.
Breakfast Challenge: In 2013
Food and Nutrition Services won a Breakfast Challenge sponsored by the
State of Connecticut Department of Administrative Services for our
breakfast initiatives in grades K – 6.
Healthier USSchool Challenge (HUSSC):Bronze Award Winner.
This award recognizes schools that have created healthier school
environments through the quality of food while providing both nutrition
and physical education to promote healthy lifestyles.
Director of the Year: New Milford's Food Service Director, Sandra Sullivan, was named School Nutrition Association of Connecticut's Director of the Year for 2019-20..
