Balanced Meals and Balanced Data: An Interview with Paula de Lucca from Child Nutrition Services

In our latest Data Bytes episode, we sit down with Paula de Lucca, Senior Director of Child Nutrition Services to explore how data fuels her mission to feed thousands of students every day in our district. Discover how her team expertly balances cost control and meal service to operate as a self-supporting enterprise. She also reveals the number one menu item students can't get enough of and shares strategies for managing rising food costs while ensuring every student is well-fed and ready to learn.

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Hosts: Mellisa Smith and Spencer Ziegler

Theme music provided by Ligon Middle School’s Alex Scott

Data, Research, and Accountability department for ⁠the Wake County Public School System

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Teachers are inundated with data, but none of those numbers will help if they're not paired with some accessible and informative data literacy training. This podcast seeks to empower teachers with the skills they'll need to turn the data given to them into powerful instructional practices. Recorded by educators within Wake County Public School System's Data, Research, and Accountability Department in Raleigh, NC. Learn more about the show as well as access data and assessment literacy resources at www.wcpss.net/datalit