John Frassinelli

Division Director, State Department of Education - School Health, Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Having a great night at the UCONN Mens hockey game! @UConnMHOC section 116 row p seats 12-15!

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

@EducateCT @CharleneRTedu @MySNACT @CTAssocBdsofEd @capssct @AFTCT @LGSusanB @GovNedLamont @ceanews @CAS_ct Great job by the CSDE Child Nutrition Team presenting at the @MySNACT conference this year! Thank you for all your hard work and long hours!@YearwoodShannon

[CT Dept of Education @EducateCT]

@CharleneRTedu and John Frassinelli joined the School Nutrition Association of CT @MySNACT for their annual conference in Mystic, CT to talk about the importance of cultivating the cafeteria as an integral part of a school nutrition program and the school ecosystem! 🍎

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Great visit this morning to Hartford’s Keney Park Sustainability Project with @MySNACT, the National School Nutrition Association’s Reggie Ross and our amazing hosts Lonnie Burt and Herb Virgo. 85% of what’s grown here goes to @Hartford_Public meal programs for kids. @EducateCT

[CT Dept of Education @EducateCT]

Throughout the pandemic, our #schoolnurses have been instrumental in supporting #students, staff & families to ensure the health/safety of our school communities. Happy #schoolnursesday & thank you for all you do to champion the whole student! @schoolnurses #ThankANurse #SND2021

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Happy #SchoolLunchHeroDay to our incredible #ChildNutritionPrograms Team at the State Department of Education! Heroes in their own right working tirelessly to navigate complicated regulations to support local school meals and ensure access to proper nutrition for our CT students!

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Happy #SchoolLunchHeroDay to our hardworking colleagues providing #SchoolMeals since the beginning of the pandemic to families!

[CT Dept of Education @EducateCT]

Happy #SchoolLunchHeroDay to CT's #SchoolNutritionProfessionals on the front lines combatting #foodinsecurity & ensuring #nokidhungry through continued access to nutritious #SchoolMeals!

#CommunitiesFeedKids #schoolnutritionweekct #SchoolNutritionHeroCT #CTSchoolMeals

[New England Dairy @NewEnglandDairy]

More than 2,500 students returned to in-person learning at @EastHartfordPS, but thousands are still learning from home. School nutrition director Lonnie Burt discusses the changes her team made to ensure all students have access to school meals 👍🏫. https://t.co/3F7FgQxfBr

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Happy Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day to my fellow RDs! A special shout out to those leading school meal programs for our students! Your work matters! @MySNACT @EducateCT

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Charlene Russell-Tucker sworn in as Acting CT Commissioner of Education. Proud to be part of her team. She is a public servant of the highest caliber, leader, visionary, advocate for equity, and fierce defender of students. @CharleneRTedu @EducateCT

[CT Dept of Education @EducateCT]

Congrats🎉Charlene Russell-Tucker on rec'ing @MENTORNational Excellence in Mentoring award in state/local Public Service! THX CT partners working to keep students connected & engaged, & @PreventionNews for nominating an amazing #EduLeader: https://t.co/0vdVsIFWVq #MentoringMonth

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Woot woot! Rosa Delauro Chair of Appropriations! Champion for school nutrition programs! Great day for CT and all children in the nation.

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Awesome job HPS “Food Responders” @Hartford_Public @bruni_brunella

[CT Dept of Education @EducateCT]

Check out these Food Service Heroes at @Hartford_Public Schools doing a great job of (safely) assembling nutritious, tasty meals while observing proper social distancing & use of PPE. Thanks for ensuring our kids have continued access to food security! Truly #SchoolLunchHeroes!

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Breakfast...Lunch...Passion...Dedication...Meeting the needs of students...1-Million times over in 2 weeks...Heroes.

[SNA of Connecticut @MySNACT]

Great article in The Middletown Press about all the #SchoolLunchHeroes on the front lines daily! https://t.co/748vicZVIw

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

@MySNACT and all school nutrition professionals and staff - thanks for all of the hard work and dedication - true heroes in these scary times making sure CT kids get daily, healthy, nutritious meals!

[Dr. Miguel A. Cardona @teachcardona]

1,000,000 meals served from School Food Services as of today. #WeGotThis @EducateCT @CharleneRTedu @JDFrassinelli @YearwoodShannon

[Laura Stefon @LStef82]

😍❤️ So Awesome

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Unbelievable effort by Lonnie Burt and her team at @Hartford_Public Child Nutrition team! Provided almost 50,000 meals today! 24,834 breakfasts and 24,834 lunches. So proud of the work you are doing for our kids! @bruni_brunella @EducateCT @teachcardona @CharleneRTedu @LStef82

[John Frassinelli @JDFrassinelli]

Congratulations and special thanks to Lonnie Burt and the Child Nutrition team at @Hartford_Public serving more than 20,000 meals to kids today! @EducateCT