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11.04.2009 12:08 pm

Free and reduced school lunch numbers rising, districts seeing the need

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

One true measure of the struggling economy is seeing how many students can’t afford to buy school lunches.  The federal government offers a free and reduced lunch program to qualifying students, and more and more of them are signing up.

But…

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10.08.2009 6:00 am

Parkway launches lunch ingredient site for those with food allergies

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I just stumbled across this on Parkway’s website, which I thought was pretty cool.  It’s a project of the Parkway Food Service’s department called The Allergy Project.   It’s a calendar with six weeks’ worth of school lunch items.  If you…

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03.11.2009 7:36 am

School districts saw the tax dip coming

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The economic crisis felt acutely across businesses has finally reached the schools in St. Louis County.

District leaders said Tuesday that they’ve been expecting yesterday’s announcement of a dip in County property tax dollars for months.

“We knew it was coming,” said Michael…

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