Community of Practice Call August 6, 2020

00:08:10
Leyla Marandi:
Welcome! Please introduce yourself by typing your name, position and where you work into the chat box.

00:08:22
Debbi Dodson:
good morning!

00:08:34
Francoise Debost:
Fran Debost South San Francisco USD

00:08:44
Dawn Stone:
Good morning!

00:08:45
Amy Glodde:
Amy Glodde with No Kid Hungry

00:08:47
Gail Gousha:
Gail Gousha, SD Hunger Coalition

00:08:52
Cynthia Long:
Cindy from Northern California-Loleta 

00:08:54
Lee Kouski:
Dale Kehr, I am from Illinois, UIUC Extension programs SNAP-ED Educator

00:08:54
Jennifer Marrone:
Jennifer Marrone San Diego USD - Business Manager, Food Services, the CDE

00:08:59
Christina Hecht:
Good morning, all, Christina Hecht from UC Nutrition Policy Institute.  I bet some of you know my husband Ken Hecht - my best helper and workmate :-)

00:08:59
Colleen Robinson:
Colleen Robinson at SDUSD Food & Nutrition Services

00:09:04
Sonia Fernandez Arana:
Hello, I'm Sonia Fernandez Arana from Let's Eat Healthy (Dairy Council of CA), Community Nutrition Adviser

00:09:04
Mari Fujikawa:
Mari Fujikawa, Director at Berryessa Union SD

00:09:05
Dawn Stone:
Tracey Budge Escondido Union School DIstrict Nutrition Services

00:09:07
Sneh Nair:
Sneh Nair with San Juan Unified School District

00:09:07
Trista Grigsby:
Trista Grigsby, Farm to School Specialist, VA Dept. of Ed

00:09:10
Kat Soltanmorad:
Morning! Kat Soltanmorad with Tahoe Truckee USD in beautiful Lake Tahoe.

00:09:13
Laura Burns:
good morning! Laura Burns with the Virginia Department of Education

00:09:13
Amanda Pitones:
Good morning,

00:09:14
Sally Spero:
Sally Spero Child Nutrition Director Lakeside.  My office staff

00:09:14
Yousef:
Yousef Buzayan, Community Alliance w/ Family Farmers

00:09:15
Cathy Moen:
Hello Cathy Moen Robla School District Food Service Director

00:09:20
Frances Herrera:
Frances Herrera Yuma County Public Health, Arizona Health Zone Program

00:09:21
Teresa Bettleyon:
Good morning, Teresa Bettleyon Director of Child Nutrition at Marsing School District in Idaho 

00:09:21
Nicole Hite:
Good Morning! Nicole Hite, Operations Supervisor San Dieguito UHSD

00:09:23
Esther Huizar:
good morning

00:09:24
Lauren Blacker:
Morning! Lauren Blacker, Stanford Pediatrics

00:09:24
Debbi Dodson:
I’m Debbi Dodson with Carton Council  Big shout out to Leyla at Center for Ecoliteracy for helping me find the perfect speakers for a conference.

00:09:31
Trina Hutchinson:
Trina Hutchinson @ Westmorland USD Food Service Director

00:09:36
Maddy Moritsch:
Maddy Moritsch, Alliance for a Healthier Generation

00:09:41
Erika Allen:
Erika Allen, Central Union High School, El Centro, Ca. 

00:09:43
Emily Cena, Ramona USD:
Emily Cena, Ramona Unified School District.  Love my central kitchen team!

00:09:45
Leigh Ann Bozung:
Good Morning Leigh Ann Bozung, Lakeside Union School District Food Service

00:09:49
Kursten Orr:
Kusten Orr, lead at Vallecitos School in Rainbow, Ca

00:09:49
Catherine Paredes:
Good Morning - Cathy Paredes, Food Service Director, Borrego Springs USD

00:09:51
Hollie Hillard:
Hollie Hillard, Sand Creek School, Michigan- Kitchen Manager. The kitchen manager from Morenci Schools, a neighbor school has helped me so much this whole school year.

00:09:53
Lisa Herberg:
Good morning, Lisa Herberg TUHSD.  Nice coming to work with all staff this summer 

00:10:05
Anita Papke, Peterson Farms:
Good morning Anita Papke Peterson Farms 

00:10:07
Amanda Pitones:
Amanda Pitones Food Service Manager Calipatria Unified School District. 

00:10:08
Darlene Morrow:
Darlene Morrow, Prosser School DIstrict

00:10:19
MARISOL CORTEZ:
Good morning, Marisol Cortez, Director, Temple City Unified School District

00:10:42
Vanessa Diaz:
Vanessa Diaz

00:10:50
Dawn Ahlers:
Good morning. Dawn Ahlers, San Diego Unified School District - Food Services Business Operations Supervisor

00:10:52
Vanessa Diaz:
Meadows Union School District

00:11:02
Deirdre Kleske:
Deirdre Kleske, County of San Diego HHSA

00:11:03
Leyla Marandi:
Welcome, welcome!

00:11:28
Maddy Moritsch:
Yay Paloma!

00:11:36
Deirdre Kleske:
Hello, Paloma! Congratulations on joining LunchAssist!

00:11:45
Amanda Mascia:
Whoop! GO, PALOMA!!!! Yay for everybody!

00:12:03
Erika Allen:
Erika Allen, Nutrition Services Director

00:12:11
Sally Spero:
Congratulations Paloma!, You will be a wonderful addition to Lunch Assist

00:12:40
Paloma Perez Bertrand:
THANK YOU!

00:16:04
Kat Soltanmorad:
WOW FIRST CERTIFIED FARM!? AWESOME!!!!

00:16:13
Leyla Marandi:
http://www.eusdfarmlab.com/

00:16:29
Deirdre Kleske:
EUSD FarmLab is amazing - great highlight!

00:18:20
Amanda Mascia:
Is Santa Clara on this call?! This is amazing!

00:19:07
Karen Luna:
Yes, we're here

00:19:23
Amanda Mascia:
NICE WORK!

00:20:02
Karen Luna:
Thanks

00:20:13
Stephanie Bruce:
Bunny in the woods was my favorite!!!!!

00:20:14
Kat Soltanmorad:
hi Karen! You rock!

00:21:15
Leyla Marandi:
Amazing work, indeed :D

00:22:19
Jennifer Marrone:
CEP schools we have to serve Breakfast and Lunch at no cost during normal circumstances

00:23:48
Leyla Marandi:
Letter will be send out by the end of the week! You can view it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gg6owDFHpus_4YgN6egbOP2b-j2pzoZr4vLzRo8eGBY/edit

00:24:49
Anna Severns:
does anyone know what the timeline on this act is? 

00:25:01
Leyla Marandi:
For California child nutrition directors in “watch list” counties: are you regularly part of reopening decision-making meetings? What intervals are your districts meeting at leading up to reopening campuses?

00:25:04
Amanda Mascia:
They are routing a Dear Colleague letter due today

00:25:20
Judy Mossa:
Regarding SSO implementation for the remainder of SY 20/21 - how will districts be reimbursed?  Typically reimbursement is calculated on ISP %'s ...

00:25:51
Catherine Paredes:
Please clarify/explain how to submit claims for each site of student enrollment if the District is 100% CEP and the meals provided may be given to households with multiple children enrolled various schools. 

00:26:19
Amanda Mascia:
From what we’ve heard from our contact on the Hill, the USDA has asked for the bill to be passed through the House, because they don’t believe they have the authority to grant the waivers through 20/21. Though, we are continuing to pressure them through every avenue possible.

00:26:43
Stephanie Bruce:
If you are serving students at locations that are the students home school, when filing claims, if you are doing a bulk entry, just make sure you do not go over the student enrollment when claiming

00:26:44
Leyla Marandi:
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/In-Person-Elementary-Waiver-Process.aspx

00:26:46
Kat Soltanmorad:
Leyla, yes absolutely. We have been meeting weekly since we closed in addition transitioned our district "Safety" Committee into a Logistics/Operations committee... we have been meeting biweekly since July. In addition, we have been on every Principal/Teacher planning meeting since June.

00:26:47
Emily Cena, Ramona USD:
Yes, we are involved.  We were meeting twice a week earlier this summer, but everything got a bit scattered with the governor's order on July 16.  Meetings are sporadic in our district now

00:27:34
Stephanie Bruce:
The bill has to pass both house and senate.  

00:28:21
Amanda Mascia:
Exactly. It has to pass both. It is expected to sail through the House.

00:28:37
Anna Severns:
^thanks for that info!

00:28:43
Stephanie Bruce:
And will stop dead in the senate. :-(

00:28:46
Amanda Mascia:
Senate is another problem. So there is also a “Dear Colleague” Letter being circulated to pressure Senate.

00:28:46
Paloma Perez Bertrand:
Catherine, according to CDE, schools have to collect meal counts BY SCHOOL regardless of where the students picked up their meal (from another site they don't usually attend). We will try to get more info on this and get back to you. 

00:28:56
Amanda Mascia:
USDA is in support, but looking for the political pressure,

00:29:05
Amanda Mascia:
*from what we’ve heard

00:31:30
Anna Severns:
agreed!!

00:33:19
Laura Bullene Jacobo:
Is anyone offering Pop Up Child Care to children of essential workers? 

00:36:09
Leyla Marandi:
Kat & Emily thanks for sharing more! For counties on the list, I’m curious how often they are reevaluating and generally what will be expected of you all to turn on a time & have campuses open.

00:37:45
Leyla Marandi:
Ed Burke from Santa Rosa shared this neat touch free adapter for those cambro containers: https://www.amazon.com/Cambro-LCDES110-Black-Dispenser-Spigots/dp/B0037XHE1A

00:37:46
Kat Soltanmorad:
Placer County is on the watch list. Our district covers Nevada, Placer and parts of El Dorado... since we are under Placer COE we are following those guidelines. Daily both public health Directors are in direct contact with our Superintendent, reevaluating

00:38:17
Leyla Marandi:
Wow, thank you ^

00:38:36
Kat Soltanmorad:
We must be off the watchlist for 14 days; for our district that means any and all counties our schools reside in. Eastern Nevada County which is Truckee has seen a significant increase in cases due to tourism

00:39:04
Kat Soltanmorad:
We are working on reopen hybrid plans sometime in October -we shall see

00:40:00
Leyla Marandi:
We’ll share out Christina’s contact info in the follow up email, too!

00:40:05
Leyla Marandi:
(Thank you, Christina!)

00:41:18
Christina Hecht:
Thank you!

00:41:38
Leyla Marandi:
Awesome work SDUSD :D

00:41:40
Christina Hecht:
If you are offering 1 type of milk, are you offering flavored, or plain?

00:42:59
Sally Spero:
I would like to see guidance from CDE regarding OVS that only covers milk.  I am concerned this information is incorrect

00:43:07
Anna Severns:
it's not possible to do 'partial' OVS right? ie. let students decline milk/fruit but not the potentially pre-plated meat/MA/Grain?

00:43:15
Emily Cena, Ramona USD:
^ I second Sally's concern.

00:43:28
Miriam Huesca-Holland:
Any updates on the waiver to continue serving the community? 

00:44:33
Stephanie Bruce:
USDA is not moving toward allowing area eligibility

00:44:46
Miriam Huesca-Holland:
Thank you!

00:44:55
Stephanie Bruce:
or extending SFSP or SSO

00:45:15
Amanda Mascia:
Thanks for the update, Stephanie.

00:46:06
Amanda Mascia:
Can you share more about what you’ve heard?

00:47:14
Christina Hecht:
By the way, folks, if you have the capacity to package your own juice in small cartons, you could package water that way, too.  When she was at Detroit USD, Betti Wiggins set this up to help keep her kids hydrated with water

00:48:12
Debbi Dodson:
Website correction.  www.recyclecartons.com (small typo on the slide)

00:48:38
Paloma Perez Bertrand:
Thank you Debbi! www.recyclecartons.com 

00:49:41
Paloma Perez Bertrand:
Sally, Anna and Emily, thank you for your comment. We will get more info to clarify your concerns. 

00:50:23
Anna Severns:
congrats on Pro!!

00:53:11
Stephanie Bruce:
Love the PRO!  Great job

00:53:21
Amy Glodde:
 where can we find free COVID school trainings

00:54:00
Emily Cena, Ramona USD:
You can just submit a new meal pattern flexibility waiver, not in CNIPS

00:54:03
Stephanie Bruce:
Yes.  I just emailed my CNC and got the approval from her

00:54:16
Sally Spero:
I haven’t seen any guidance on employee break room

00:54:35
Stephanie Bruce:
They don't want us to do new waivers, just update

00:56:44
Debbi Dodson:
other industries (like recycling facilities) just space people apart in break rooms.

00:57:05
Amanda Mascia:
Regarding Breakrooms, all I’ve heard on this issue is that staff should NOT eat together. Especially indoors. Outside, apart. 6’ (at least). And stay in cohorts/work pods

00:57:15
Stephanie Bruce:
We have schedule all breaks to stagger.  we do not allow people to be within 6 feet of each other while eating.  we also have stickers on floors and tables showing where people can stand or sit.

00:57:35
Amy Glodde:
maybe they can go outside for their break under a tree for shade?

00:57:45
Debbi Dodson:
Similar to how restaurants are spacing guests for patio dining.

00:57:49
Jennifer Marrone:
We recommend their Cars

00:57:52
Leyla Marandi:
^^ good suggestion

00:57:57
Amanda Mascia:
Good idea, Jennifer

00:58:10
Paloma Perez Bertrand:
Thank you Amanda and Stephanie, those are great strategies, thanks for sharing! 

00:58:30
Stephanie Bruce:
Maybe have a classroom for cooling especially where it is hot like here 110-120

00:58:55
Erika Allen:
Utilize the MPR. Should be plenty of room.

00:59:24
Sally Spero:
Such good ideas!

01:00:45
Darlene Morrow:
Yes please! Great idea!

01:00:53
Mary Mathieu-Ruiz:
Yes, please make this available to all!

01:00:58
Alicia Pitrone:
Interested.

01:01:03
Karen Luna:
Great Idea

01:01:03
Cathy Moen:
that would be awesome to know how many serving are in whole vegetables and fruit

01:01:10
Vanessa Diaz:
yes please

01:01:39
Karen Luna:
Hope is not as confusing as the food buying guide

01:01:43
Alicia Pitrone:
Not an exact science.  

01:01:52
Darlene Morrow:
Yes

01:02:03
Leyla Marandi:
We’ll share out broadly :)

01:02:19
Lynley Connor:
It’s awesome, Mickinzie is amazing for creating it!

01:03:53
Leyla Marandi:
Yes! As Mickinzie mentioned — pls let us know if there are other items you want to see featured in the calculator :)

01:04:03
kristen tekell:
Has anyone developed their claiming procedures and willing to share?

01:04:36
Christina Hecht:
Any one have a district where staff prefer to serve breakfast and lunch at separate times every day?

01:07:07
Emily Cena, Ramona USD:
We have two schools that do not have School Breakfast Program, but the sites where we will be distributing curbside meals do have SBP.  Can we claim breakfasts that we serve to students from those two schools?

01:08:22
Alicia Pitrone:
For sure you'll be able to, just need to apply for SBP for those 2.

01:09:05
Amanda Pitones:
Would that be something similar for kids who ride the bus to a different district, but live in our community? 

01:09:20
Cathy Moen:
I plan to give my students  color coded meal card designate colors by school sites.  My bus staff will will tally on a paper each meal by school then claim them accordingly

01:09:43
Cathy Moen:
I am a CEP school

01:09:59
Leyla Marandi:
^ that’s a good idea, Cathy

01:10:23
Debbi Dodson:
Thanks for another great meeting!  Leaving for another meeting.

01:10:56
Alicia Pitrone:
Thank you! 

01:10:59
Christina Hecht:
Thanks for another great call.  Hats off to you all!

01:10:59
Darlene Morrow:
Thank you! 

01:11:03
Jennifer Marrone:
We plan on Color cards to

01:11:05
Sonia Fernandez Arana:
thank you!

01:11:09
Eric Holliday:
Thank you

01:11:15
Esther Huizar:
thank you all, great meeting!

01:11:16
Mary Mathieu-Ruiz:
Thanks  :-)

01:11:19
Brenda Ruiz:
thank you!

01:11:30
Stephanie Bruce:
Always appreciate you all so much and appreciate the support and community collaboration!!!

01:11:46
Paloma Perez Bertrand:
Thank you for all that YOU do! 

01:11:49
kristen tekell:
Thank  you!

01:12:22
Karen Luna:
Thank you for putting this together 

01:12:26
Kristin Zellhart:
Thank you all!!

01:12:28
Leyla Marandi:
Thank you!!