Hi Everyone welcome to the Community call! Please introduce yourself with your name, what school district or agency you represent, and share one reason you are proud of school nutrition professionals this week.

Hi! This is Shannon Illingworth with Capistrano USD. I am proud of our team working even harder this week in the pouring rain we have had

I’m Jen from LunchAssist and I am so proud of School Nutrition Professionals for their bravery and commitment while serving school meals!

Leyla Marandi from Center for Ecoliteracy. I’m proud of school nutrition professionals for the innovation and passion for their work that they’ve demonstrated at this time. You never cease to amaze me.

Hi Everyone welcome to the Community call! Please introduce yourself with your name, what school district or agency you represent, and share one reason you are proud of school nutrition professionals this week.

Good Morning! Lily Ivanov, Downey Unified, working from home, on mute, have my girls (4 year olds) next to me & they can be very chatty or just cry for a number of reasons, so I’ll just mainly be listening in! Thanks All!

I am so grateful for all the help you two have given me and my team

sorry

It’s a nice sound Anita :)

Hi Everyone welcome to the Community call! Please introduce yourself with your name, what school district or agency you represent, and share one reason you are proud of school nutrition professionals this week.

Divya Nair from the Greater Chicago Food Depository, I'm proud of school nutrition professionals for mobilizing so efficiently during these times.

Nora Stewart, CHIP's Farm to Institution Center in San Diego County. We facilitate the regional Farm to School Taskforce. I am so proud of all the resources coming out to support school food. Also... lots of people sewing masks! So great to see.

Anita Ruiz with Alliance for a Healthier Generation supporting Fresno and Madera Unified. I'm so proud of the amazing work they are all doing to ensure the kids in our community our fed.

Kristin Zellhart from Eat REAL. I am proud of the incredible dedication our food service professionals have had and for showing up everyday for our kids!

Dylan Hatami from West Contra Costa USD. I am proud that we are now serving bagged breakfast, lunch and suppers starting this week

Paloma Perez Bertrand, volunteer for translating LunchAssist resources to Spanish

Jennifer Orosco, Coordinator, Natomas Unified School District

Krysta Williams from Center for Ecoliteracy. So thankful for the way folks keep showing up for families!

Janell Jayes, San Ramon Valley USD, proud of our staff for being willing to show up for our community.

MaryAnn Mills, CalFresh Healthy Living, UC. I am so impressed with food services staff who have transitioned to feeding students in a very new way. Their work is so important.

Hello everyone this Jen Mattocks, Wellness Coordinator with Palm Springs Unified School District.

Mary Mathieu Ruiz, SRVUSD. I am proud of the staff that has stepped up to help feed our community during this crisis.

How have you talked to your team about wearing face coverings?

Nutrition service directors can request homemade masks for their staff here: https://eatreal.org/requestmasks/

So grateful for Eat REAL’s videos and supplying districts with masks :)

Thank you 🤍 my heart is with everyone working to ensure families have enough food. I’m very happy to help. Thank you for the opportunity.

Has anyone received a mandate from their local health department to implement a formal social distancing plan?

Here are the mask video links :) https://youtu.be/ue-lPM19v0Y (English) https://youtu.be/BnfLp_3qXyM (Spanish) Thank you all!

How are you “smart staffing” right now? What sort of strategies are working for you?

Has anyone developed a contingency plan for if/when you need to close due to a positive covid-19 case in your kitchen? Also please share if anyone has already had to close and what your experience has been.

We have been required to social distance for 3 weeks now. Masks have been required for a week whenever people leave thier home. We are currently reducing our staffing to 4 hour shifts of 10 to ensure we can produce the meals we are serving which are approximately 30% more than we serve on a normal school day

We do have a contigency plan. I have trained the Warehouse/Purcahsing team to take over in production of meals. The Transportation director is my replacement if I get sick. We also have the red cross on standby if needed.

We also have a spreadsheet of menus by week that include the number of cases needed by site/bus route for service. We have placed orders through June 30th. INcluding contigency orders for the product that gets cancelled or backordered.

So much good information, Stephanie! Thank you for sharing.

What are some of your favorite ways to support your team right now?

The CDC issued new guidelines for essential workers on 4/8/20. The guidance is focused on when those workers can return to work after having been exposed to the new coronavirus. We are checking with our local health department for more specific guidance.

Will some of this great chatbox info be available after today's call? It is hard to catch it all.

Hi Kiersten - the chat box will be sent out with the recording :)

Gracias

Hi Maryam - I saw that article this morning. Keep us posted on LA County’s response.

What are some ways you are supporting, elevating, or empowering your team right now?

Jennifer & Leyla, thank you both for all of this much needed information. This is the first time in 4 weeks I have been able to sit at my desk, and this phone call and the tools you have provided have made it so much easier to get things done! A million thank yous!!!!

Thank you, Stephanie. So glad you’re joining the calls. It’s our job right now to support you! We’re so grateful for all you are doing <3

One way is to invite your team to join these conference calls if possible or at least make the calls available to your teams to review. Today we have two of our management team members who have joined this call. Welcome Mary Mathieu-Ruiz and Jayes from SRVUSD

Time for Q & A: Let’s hear from the community! Please share anything you would like with the group: best practices, questions, stories from this week.

Welcome Mary and Jayes! Thank you Miguel and team for joining :)

Thank you! Glad to be here today! Mary

Thanks for hosting Leila! And Jen.

Thanks Jen for sharing this concern! We are hearing that at a local level.

MOU or Interagency Agreements for third parties willing to deliver meals from the schools?

Agreed, thank you Jen!

CDE has one, but needs to be adapted.

Are there any recommendations being made for staff to be covered in some way; I am referring to protective clothing.

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Great suggestions about PPE's Leyla. Are folks getting some budgeting for this type of equipment?

I was late on the call and apologize if this has already been addressed. I know it is only required if an employee has had an exposure to Covid-19, but is anyone getting prepared to take all employee and volunteer temps daily?

any info on details of $8 billion earmarked for CN programs in COVID relief package? maybe this has already been addressed

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-long-coronavirus-live-clothing-washing_l_5e724927c5b6eab779409e74

This link is from CDC on clothing

Hi Jayes, my understanding is that we’re still waiting for language on the federal stimulus and how it will impact child nutrition programs

Stephanie — great link. Thank you!

There is funding that can be utilized for extra duty. Check with your fiscal services departments

Yes, thank you!

Thanks for all you are doing :)

Thank you. Stay safe!!

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Thank you guys for all of your support. It has been so helpful!

Thank you all! So grateful for all the support!

Thank you all! We are so grateful for this community and all of the knowledge and best practice sharing!

Thank you for the comprehensive updates and wonderful resources!

THANK YOU!