Here come salad bars!

From Dana Woldow, parent volunteer/
SFUSD Student Nutrition & Physical Activity Committee Chair:

Thanks to a half million dollar grant from the Mayor's office and
Department of Children Youth and their Families, sixteen SFUSD middle
and high school will be opening salad bars this fall, and ten
elementary schools will be getting salad bars before the end of the
school year. The salad bars offer a mix of fresh greens and several
different fresh raw vegetables, in addition to a variety of fresh
fruit and whole grain breads and muffins; all of this is offered in
addition to the regular hot lunch at no additional charge. Students
who qualify for free or reduced price meals will get both hot entr�e
and salad bar for free, while all other students may purchase the
complete meal including salad bar for $2. Schools with salad bars
will also begin in October to feature a choice of hot entrees each
day, rather than just one choice, and high school students will be
served a larger portion size of the hot entree than previously.

The schools which will open salad bars are International Studies
Academy (ISA), Excelsior/June Jordan, Thurgood Marshall, Mission,
Newcomer, O'Connell, School of the Arts/the Academy, Raoul
Wallenberg, Everett, Francisco, Martin Luther King, James Lick,
Horace Mann, Visitation Valley Middle School, and Ulloa Elementary.
In addition, Balboa High School, Miraloma Elementary, and Harvey Milk
Civil Rights Academy, all of which hosted pilot salad bars in the
past, will continue to have salad bars this year, and additional
elementary schools will also be getting salad bars later in the
school year.

Many schools are currently torn up with construction projects related
to the Lopez settlement (disability access), but assuming all work is
completed on schedule, Harvey Milk, Mission, Everett, Newcomer,
Ulloa, and ISA will all see their salad bars commence during
September, with T. Marshall, Francisco, Lick, ML King, Mann, and
O'Connell scheduled for October. Miraloma and Balboa are expected to
have their salad bars open from the start of school.