Logan USD #326 District Receives Kansas Can Best Practice Award 

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TOPEKA — Three Kansas school districts and two organizations were recently honored for outstanding practices in Child Nutrition and Wellness programs that help support the Kansans Can vision.

The Kansans Can 2022-2023 Best Practice Awards were presented by Cheryl Johnson, Child Nutrition and Wellness (CNW) director for the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), during the Aug. 8 Kansas State Board of Education meeting in Topeka. This is the sixth year for the awards.

The Kansans Can vision, which was established by the State Board in 2015, is Kansas leads the world in the success of each student.

Recipients of the Kansans Can Serve Local Foods award are Logan Unified School District 326, DeSoto USD 232 and Quality Care Services Inc.

Logan USD 326 received a Farm to Plate sub-grant from KSDE as part of a USDA Farm to School grant. The district’s objective was to educate students as to where their food comes from and give them a sense of ownership as they were allowed to grow their own food that was then used for school meals. 

Logan USD 326 used grant funds to purchase grow lights for garden towers, which allowed students to increase the amount of produce grown. They also purchased a compost bin and a commercial dehydrator, and expanded their raised bed garden to a total of 6 raised beds. The Ag students planted, maintain, and helped teach the elementary classes how they grow the food that is used in their school meals.  

“Logan is a leader in serving local, quality foods in school meals and in teaching students where their food comes from,” Johnson said. “They are a mentor and inspiration to many other districts throughout the state showing that Kansans Can serve local foods in child nutrition programs.”

 

Logan USD 326: Janet Gottstine and Tanya Gottschalk from Logan Unified School District 326 posed for a photograph Tuesday, Aug. 8, with Kansas State Board of Education members, Kansas State Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson and Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) Child Nutrition and Wellness team members on Tuesday, Aug. 8. Logan USD 326 received the Kansans Can Serve Local Foods award in the Kansans Can 2022-2023 Best Practice Awards. The awards were presented to recipients during the Tuesday, Aug. 8, State Board of Education meeting in Topeka.