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Rural Districts Sharing Session

You’re not in this alone!

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SNA REGIONS

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SPEAKERS

Gay Anderson, SNS

Brandon South Dakota

Stephanie Dillard, SNS

Geneva County Schools

Sandi Kramer

Yankton, South Dakota

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Comparing School Districts

• Brandon Valley School District

• Brandon South Dakota - Population 9775

• Student enrollment 3990

• Free/Reduced Rate 19%

• 7 Full Service Kitchens - HS, MS, INT & 4 Elementary Sites

• Staff of 47 -

17 FTE and 30 PTE

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Comparing School Districts

• Geneva County School District

• Geneva County-Population 26, 712

• Student enrollment 2700

• Free/reduced 67%

• 5 Full service kitchens, 9 schools

• Staff of 28

• Breakfast in the classroom, NSLP, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable,

After School Dinner, & Summer Feeding

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Comparing School Districts

• Yankton School District

– Yankton, South Dakota – Population 14542

– Enrollment 2690

– 6 Schools

1 Central Kitchen w/ bakery, 1 Full service, 4 satellite kitchens

– 32 Staff

– 39% Free and Reduced Rate

– Fruit and Vegetable Program

– Summer Food Service Program

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Hot Topic #1Defining a Rural District

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Defining a Rural District

• NCES: Section on Rural Education in America

https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ruraled/

• Possible Definitions for our Discussion

– Remote: More than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10

miles from an urban cluster

– Distant: rural territory more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles

from an urbanized area

– Fringe: less than or equal to 5 miles from an urbanized area

• Definition of a “town”

– Territory inside an urban cluster than is more than 35 miles from an

urbanized area

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Defining a Rural District

• THERE ISN’T A CONCRETE DEFINITION FOR ANY ONE,

WHEN WE BELIEVE WE ARE A RURAL DISTRICT BASED

ON VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

• WHERE DO YOU SEE YOUR DISTRICT?

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Hot Topic #2Training

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Brainstorming MethodsFor Training

• Shared Training Opportunities

Brandon Valley & Yankton along with other districts combined

resources for 1 stop training.

• Regional Trainings used through state associations

• ZOOM – Use of technology

• Use SN magazine articles for training

• Other BEST PRACTICES???

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Training Opportunities

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Hot Topic #3Procurement

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Procurement

• Writing Specifications

• Limited Resources due to remote location (Suppliers)

• Small buying groups

Sharing resources and workloads to capture best pricing.

• Statewide Bidding (Alabama)

• Many sessions on this topic here at ANC

• Stay tuned for new tools coming soon from SNA

• ICN Course?

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Hot Topic #4Marketing

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Marketing in Rural Districts

Limited Resources

Time

Cost

Who?

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SNA Marketing Resources

www.schoolnutrition.org/PR

National School Lunch (October) & Breakfast Week Promotions (March)

FREE for SNA Members• Shareable Content• Customizable Flyers• Video• So much more!

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Hot Topic #5Communication with Key

Stakeholders

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Communications with Stakeholders

• Now more than ever we need to connect with all Stakeholders.

Resources may very limited when it all falls on you.

• Using the language of Educators

• Using the language of Business Officials

• Other Best Practices

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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS CODE

• This session provides one (1) CEU

– Key Area: Administration – 3000