The New York State Educational Department National School Lunch Program awards grants to districts in need every year. This year, Queensbury UFSD submitted a request for $77,688, with an itemized needs list that includes new milk coolers, new ovens, and a new worktable, and it was fully approved and funded.
These funds will directly support needed materials in each building’s cafeterias.
See below the full list of funded equipment:
| QES | Conveyor Oven |
$20,000 |
| QHS | Milk Cooler | $8,918 |
| QHS | Double Deck Convection Oven | $11,082 |
| QMS | Heated Merchandiser | $4,818 |
| QMS | Stainless Steel Worktable | $1,226 |
| QMS | Food Slicer | $10,418 |
| WHBI | Countertop Freezer | $1,799 |
| WHBI | Food Slicer | $583 |
| WHBI | Milk Cooler | $8,809 |