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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