A great school menu doesn’t happen by accident. It comes from asking the right people what they want. By gathering input from students, parents and staff, Prince William County Schools is finding new ways to make meals even more meaningful. Their approach shows how simple feedback can turn good menus into great ones.

In an easy world, we would all like whatever food is served to us, or whatever food is served to us would be exactly what we want—from a cultural perspective, from a nutritional perspective and even from a personal preference perspective. But rarely is anything easy, and crafting a menu for your school always requires planning and strategizing from all kinds of perspectives...