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Harvard University Dining Services Appoints New Managing Director Study links weekend meal programs with improved test scores A recently released study indicates that weekend meal programs offered by school districts can have a positive impact on students’ academic performance. “Weekend feeding (‘BackPack’) programs and student outcomes,” written by Mica Kurtz, a professor of economics at Lycoming College, and two co-authors provides evidence of the effects of weekend feeding programs on increased reading test scores and suggests an additional positive impact on math scores. School district teams up with Cal Poly to provide families with locally-produced eggs, cheese Chartwells student meal kits with minimal food cause uproar in England Compass Group unit Chartwells recently ran into controversy in England when several families posted photos of skimpy packages of food distributed by the company that are intended to provide homebound students with 10 days of meals.