Join the Jonathan Alder Local School District in celebrating School Lunch Hero Day, Friday, May 2, 2025. We are thankful for all of our wonderful staff serving in the Food Services Department. Below are facts from the 2024-25 school year.
Food by the Numbers for 2024-25
The HS FS staff alone have baked over 4900 dozen cookies so far this school year.
FS uses an average of over 2000 lbs of fresh produce every month.
We served a total of 1326 "Thanksgiving Feast" meals this year. That's about 300 hot lunches more than the average lunch day.
Our FS Staff have completed a combined 144 hours of professional standards training this year. That's 82% more hours than required by the USDA.
We (will have) served over 6000 breakfasts in the month of April.
PCES serves the most reimbursable lunches - approximately 6500 a month.
The FS Dept consists of 5 kitchen managers, 5 assistant kitchen managers, and 3 cafe workers. 6 of those staff members joined our JA family just this year.