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Policy History

January, 2017

On Jan. 23 2017, Bill S.292 was referred to the Education Committee for review.  Shortly after, the Massachusetts Department of Education produced written guidelines for the safe use of Share Tables.  

Bill S.292 in Massachusetts: ​Bill S.292 SECTION 1. Chapter 69 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1C the following section:-:  The board shall develop guidelines for the voluntary implementation by school districts of programs that encourage and facilitate the ability of school districts to donate excess, unconsumed, and edible food and beverages from meals served at such educational facilities to local food assistance programs including, but not limited to, community food pantries, soup kitchens, and other community and not-for-profit organizations that distribute food to the poor and disadvantaged. Such guidelines may include but are not limited to a methodology to provide information to educational institutions and local voluntary food assistance programs of the provisions of such guidelines, notification to educational institutions of their ability to elect to donate excess, unconsumed, and edible food and beverages to local voluntary food programs, and the provision of information and technical assistance on the manner of how to best donate excess food in a safe and sanitary manner.

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Our new system has been working for us up here in Alaska. From the first day it was a hit!!!  I was expecting some resistance from teachers who don't care to have food in the classrooms and also problems with garbage on the playground but.....none so far. The high school "hungry boys" love finding the fixings for PB & jelly sandwiches from the K-5 crew. A huge problem, that I cannot fix at this time is the recess timing. It IS after lunch and a LOT of kids will come in and dump their trays just to get outside. Maybe next year.  All in all... it was welcomed as a great idea and the school news crew is going to be doing a section on your program...hopefully before school closes for the summer but if not we will be off to a great start next year. We are out the 27th of this month.  I'm currently working on getting a summer food program started because I know a lot of our kids do not get to eat well at home.  This has only been my 2nd year running the kitchen and I've made MANY changes to our waste problem.  I've been in contact with a member of the Sustainable Southeast group that is working on a partnership with the tribal authority to help run an aquaponics site. Also...UAS in Sitka is doing a study on using recycled cardboard to grow mushrooms!!!!  He is getting me that contact info soon.  I'm soooo excited because mushrooms are seriously my passion!!!  I'm already setting up to grow shiitake and other gourmet (but really medicinal) mushrooms at home using alder that has already been dropped around the island. I'm also going to set up at the school to sell and actually make money with our lunch program. I'm looking forward to working with K-12 Food Rescue your fabulous project and help change the habits of our locals. Please feel free to contact me with any more info you may have or just to check on our progress.
 
Sincerely,

​Tricia Clough
STATE DIRECTOR'S OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP