From staff reports
The Forest Area School District has earned a $23,427 state grant to help pay for a new dishwasher unit at West Forest Elementary School.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education recently announced more than $925,000 in competitive grants were awarded to 72 elementary, middle and high schools across the state for the purchase of new food service equipment for cafeterias.
Funding for the grants is made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is awarded to schools which participate in the National School Lunch Program and have 50 percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Schools often use the grants to purchase new refrigerators, freezers, stoves and dishwashers.
Under the School Breakfast Initiative, grants of up to $5,000 are available for schools to implement a school breakfast program using an “alternative serving method,” like grab-and-go, or Breakfast in the Classroom.
The food service equipment grants like the one awarded to Forest Area, can assist schools with purchasing equipment to use in a school breakfast program.
