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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What angers me most is in the City Paper story (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/47300/jeff-mills-whistleblower-suit-revealed-rotting-food-fraud-and-millions/ ):

[i]Henderson appeared the least bothered by activity that took place under her nose. Quashing any notion of change, she declared, “Food service is a massive operation, my focus is on improving academic achievement.”[/i]

How can a schools chancellor not know how important nutrition is to learning - and then broadcast that ignorance in a public statement?

What the hell kind of nefarious deal was made that has the council repeatedly supporting it?  They're putting more energy and money into covering the fraud than fixing it.[/quote]

The Washington City Paper article is excellent and makes Kaya look really out of touch. So apparently healthy food during the day has no impact on learning?   Sure its seems small to serve Trix yogurt when the test scores are abysmal at most schools but that doesn't mean DCPS and the City can't tackle both problems at the same time.  Instead of looking at other cities in the US, we need to look to other Countries that manage to serve fresh made in house meals every day to the student population.    I don't expect school lunches to be gourmet but I just really pissed at what a financial mess this contract has become. What is Kaya doing exactly for DCPS?  Almost half the kids are in charters now and the schools that are transitioning are bascially doing so because of committed parents/and or gentrifiers doing the heavy lift.    Bring back Rhee, maybe we need to clean house once again.[/quote]

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