Free food in the summer is a hard deal to beat, but the USD 257 summer food program has seen low attendance in the past few years. Kathy Koehn, USD 257’s food service coordinator, has a plan to change that.
Koehn attended a food service summit in Topeka in February. It was there she learned Kansas ranked 48th in summer food program participation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture encouraged food service coordinators not just to focus on students who receive free and reduced-price meals during the school year. The summit motivated Koehn to…
