Graphic 2: Districts Contracting Food Service
* Data were not collected in 2004.
Graphic 3: Districts New to Food Service Contracting
Atherton Community Schools |
Maple Valley Schools |
Bellaire Public Schools |
Mason County Eastern Schools |
Carsonville-Port Sanilac Schools |
Montrose Community Schools |
Cass City Public Schools |
Pewamo-Westphalia Community Schools |
Cassopolis Public Schools |
Port Hope Community Schools |
Chippewa Valley Schools |
Riverview Community Schools |
Forest Area Community Schools |
Saranac Community Schools |
Fowler Public Schools |
Tekonsha Community Schools |
Freeland Community Schools |
Vanderbilt Area Schools |
Fruitport Community Schools |
White Pigeon Community Schools |
Holt Public Schools |
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School districts that participate in the National School Lunch Program have their operations highly regulated. The food service programs are supposed to be self-sustaining and any surplus from the food program cannot be spent on general school operations.
Because of these regulations, private providers of this service tend to be larger, nationwide firms. Chartwells is perhaps the largest school support service contractor in the state, but Sodexo, Aramark and Taher also provide schools food service.
Of the districts that began food service contracts in 2013, nine were with one of these four firms. Ten of the districts new to contracting were employee-leasing arrangements.
Vanderbilt Area Schools and Port Hope Community Schools began using local vendors for food services in 2013.