We presented at the June 14th Board meeting, with parents, teachers and students talking to the board about how important it is for students to be eating healthy food each and every day. We took in upwards of 800 paper plates that students had decorated with the healthy food they would like to see in the cafeteria.
On 28th June, this became an 'action' item on the agenda. The board had to decide whether to earmark $700,000 towards revamping the menu completely and to move towards scratch cooking at Santa Monica High School and Malibu High School. This would pay for updating equipment, training, transport and menu development and uniforms for staff.
THE BOARD PASSED THE MEASURE.
We are incredibly excited about this, and feel it is an excellent first step to making huge changes in the menus in SMMUSD going forward.