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Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street, Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001 www.isbe.net James T. Meeks Chairman Tony Smith, Ph.D.

1 Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street, Springfield, Illinois James T. Meeks Chairman Tony Smith, Ph.D. State Superintendent of Education August 21, 2018 Agreement No Mr. Sean OLaughlin County of Woodford School PO Box 109 Metamora, IL Dear Mr. Sean OLaughlin : Enclosed is the report of your School Nutrition Programs Administrative Review, conducted on April 25, The report identifies the problems cited during the review and the corrective action recommended. A corrective action plan to the review report must be received in our office within 30 days from the receipt of this letter. This response must detail specific actions taken to correct the problems cited. Technical assistance materials and/or training opportunities may be available to assist in correcting the problems identified in the review. The cooperation of personnel during this review was appreciated. If you have questions regarding your review, please contact CN Resources at lhealy@cnresource.com. For all other questions, please contact our office at 800/ Sincerely, Mark R. Haller, SNS Division Administrator Nutrition and Wellness Programs Enclosure CC: File

2 School Nutrition Programs Administrative Review This report summarizes the results of the administrative review for the School Nutrition Programs sponsored by the County of Woodford School, RCDT number , conducted on April 25, 2018, by CN Resources, Principal Consultant The results of the review were discussed at an exit conference on April 25, 2018, with Sandra Larson, District Secretary The purpose of the review was to monitor the sponsor s compliance with Federal and state program regulations. The following areas of program compliance were evaluated: Afterschool Snack, if applicable Certification and Benefit Issuance Civil Rights Dietary Specifications and Nutrient Analysis Food Safety Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, if applicable Local School Wellness Policy Meal Components and Quantities Meal Counting and Claiming Offer Versus Serve On-Site Monitoring Outreach Professional Standards Reporting and Recordkeeping Smart Snacks Special Milk Program, if applicable Verification Water During the review, technical assistance was provided to the sponsor in the following areas: Civil Rights Local Wellness Policy During the review, the following problems were identified. All other areas were found to be in compliance. Site: Metamora High School (14128) April 25, 2018

3 Meal Components and Quantities Findings: 1. For the week of menu review, the lunch menu did not meet the minimum weekly requirement for meat/meat alternate. A meat/meat alternate was offered daily, however the weekly minimum requirement was not met. 2. For the week of menu review, the lunch menu did not meet the minimum grain requirements. The minimum portion size was not met and not all grains offered at lunch were whole grain-rich. This contributed to not meeting the weekly grain requirement. 3. For the week of menu review, the lunch menu did not meet the minimum weekly requirement for the dark green vegetable subgroup. 1. Provide a written statement that the weekly meat/meat alternate, weekly grain, and weekly dark green vegetable subgroup requirements are now met. Include details to describe what specific changes were made to the menu to correct all menu review findings and bring the menu into compliance.

4 Findings: 1. For the week of menu review, the lunch menu did not meet the minimum grain requirements. The minimum portion size was not met and not all grains offered at lunch were whole grain-rich. This contributed to not meeting the following requirements: daily grain and whole grain-rich. 2. For the week of menu review, the lunch menu did not meet the minimum daily requirement for meat/meat alternate. A meat/meat alternate was offered daily, however the minimum required portion size was not met. 1. Provide a written statement that the daily grain, whole grain-rich, and daily meat/meat alternate requirements are now met. Include details to describe what specific changes were made to the menu to correct all menu review findings and bring the menu into compliance. During the review, production records were discussed with the SFA. The SFA must ensure that all sites are keeping accurate and complete production records for the meals they produce. The records must be completed throughout meal service and maintained everyday. At a minimum the production records should include the name of the item, the recipe or item number, the portion size, the number of planned portions, the component contribution amount and the number of actual servings. All kitchen staff should be trained on completing productions records so that everyone can complete the records. The production records are incomplete, not all required fields are correctly documented. 1. Provide the date that the finding was brought into compliance or the planned date of completion. 2. Provide the name(s) and title(s) of the SFA representative(s) that will ensure compliance. 3. Provide a statement that the SFA will maintain completed production records for all meal services. The records must be kept on file for a minimum of 3 years plus the current school year. 4. Provide 1 week of completed production records for all meal services at the reviewed site(s).

5 1. For the week of menu review, meals counted for reimbursement did not contain all of the required components. The grain component was missing for several meals offered throughout the week. This finding may result in fiscal action due to incomplete meals being counted for reimbursement. 2. For the week of menu review, the breakfast menu did not meet the minimum grain requirements. The minimum portion size was not met and not all grains offered at breakfast were whole grain-rich. This contributed to not meeting the weekly grain requirement. 1. Provide a written statement that the weekly grain requirement is now met and that all meals offered will include all required meal components. Include details to describe what specific changes were made to the menu to correct all menu review findings and bring the menu into compliance. Findings: 1. For the week of menu review, the breakfast menu did not meet the minimum grain requirements. The minimum portion size was not met and not all grains offered at breakfast were whole grain-rich. This contributed to not meeting the following requirements: daily grain and whole grain-rich. 1. Provide a written statement that the daily grain and whole grain-rich requirements are now met. Include details to describe what specific changes were made to the menu to correct all menu review findings and bring the menu into compliance.

6 Food Safety, Storage, and Buy American During the review, temperature logs were discussed with the SFA. The SFA must maintain temperature logs for all food storage areas, in accordance with the requirements of the local health department. The completed temperature logs must be kept on file for a minimum of six (6) months. Temperature logs are not being kept on file for at least 6 months. 1. Provide the date that the finding was brought into compliance or the planned date of completion. 2. Provide the name(s) and title(s) of the SFA representative(s) that will ensure compliance. 3. Provide a written statement that the SFA understands the requirements for food safety documentation, including that all temperature documents must be maintained for a minimum of six (6) months. Sponsor: Outreach April 25, 2018 It was determined during the review that the SFA has not performed SFSP outreach. The SFA must perform SFSP outreach before the end of the school year. Methods of outreach such as posting SFSP information on the SFA's website, parent newsletters and district-wide s were discussed with the SFA. Schools may fulfill this requirement through Robo calls, flyers or other methods that notify the community of locations of summer meal sites. Methods to locate sites that serve free meals to children during the summer include the following: Call 211 Call Hungry or Hambre Visit the website: (note, this replaces the whyhunger.org website) Use the site locator for smartphones - Rangeapp.org The SFA has not performed SFSP outreach. 1. Provide the date that the finding was brought into compliance or the planned date of completion. 2. Provide the name(s) and title(s) of the SFA representative(s) that will ensure compliance. 3. Provide a written statement that the SFA will cooperate with Summer Food Service Program sponsors to conduct outreach on the availability of the Summer Food Service Program. Fiscal Action

7 As a result of the problems cited, an overclaim for March has been identified for the following program {s}: School Breakfast Program - $ Federal regulations allow this office to waive overclaims less than $600.00; therefore, the School Breakfast Program overclaim will not be assessed. However, if you participate in the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) and an overclaim is identified with a future SSO Claim for Reimbursement, the overclaim amount will be added to the above assessment and a new fiscal adjustment amount will be calculated. If the new assessment exceeds the $ threshold, fiscal action will be required.

Illinois State Board of Education

Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street, Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001 www.isbe.net James T. Meeks Chairman Tony Smith, Ph.D. State Superintendent of Education October 30, 2018 Agreement