Panel sticks with local lunch crowd: Contractor grilled, but cafeteria workers chided, too
Source: By Amanda McGregor, Salem News (MA), June 17, 2008
In a landslide vote, the School Committee opted to keep the school food program in-house, crushing the superintendent's recommendation to hire a private company to feed Salem students.
...... However, the School Committee made it clear that the cafeteria workers have a year to prove they can run the program without losing money...
....... a group of parents and members of the local Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees Union, which represents the cafeteria workers, designed their own counterproposal. It details an overhauled school food program with broader menus, healthier choices and increased participation. That plan predicts, but does not guarantee, annual revenue of more than $70,000, in addition to built-in funds for equipment repair.