Introduction: Increasing attention has been paid recently to the issues of school nutrition due to the observed rising trends in the rates of diet-related diseases in children. Today, along with the interdepartmental interaction of government institutions, parents can also be involved in monitoring and resolving problems of school feeding by exercising public control. Objective: To assess organization of interdepartmental interaction between the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) and regional executive authorities, public organizations, government agencies, and the parent community on issues of school meals. Materials and methods: We analyzed the results of monitoring and inspections of the Republican Office of Rospotrebnadzor, complaints and appeals on school meals, reports of parental control commissions, and surveys of parents and children on satisfaction with school nutrition (the total of 898 episodes in the 2020/21 academic year and 420 – in September–December, 2021). Results: We established that all elementary schoolchildren (grades 1–4) received hot school meals while the total coverage was 96.2 % for all students. We also observed a decrease in the number of complaints about school catering in October to December 2020; in December 2020 to March 2021, the republican rating of school meals launched by the Russian Movement of Schoolchildren rose from “Top 10 Bad Taste” to “Top 10 Good Taste” owing to a significant improvement of the menu of school breakfast and lunch that, inter alia, included gradual replacement of confectionery with fruit and sausages with meat dishes. Conclusion: The combined interdepartmental and parental monitoring of school nutrition has proved its effectiveness in problem detection and its prompt solving.