5 Cluster schools will be

Serving Up Better Nutrition

The Akron Public Schools have been awarded a $468,100.60 grant as part of the Ohio Deptartment of Education Office of Nutrition's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.   The money is to be used to provide fresh fruit and vegetables to all students enrolled in Akron elementary schools.

This grant is subject to the guidelines of the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.

It requires that each selected school offer fresh fruit and vegetables to all its students and be served in addition to the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meal service.

The five East Cluster schools participating and the amount of their awards are as follows:

  • Barber $20,990.20
  • David Hill $16,013.80
  • Mason $19,267.60
  • Robinson $18,884.80
  • Seiberling $30,368.80.