84R24236 JGH-D
By: Herrero H.R. No. 2316
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Corpus Christi Independent School District's
Office of Food Services and its director, Jody Houston, have won
well-deserved national recognition from Food Service Equipment and
Supplies magazine; and
WHEREAS, A feature article in the magazine has highlighted
the success of CCISD's Food Services, which operates in the black
while providing a nutritious lunch to nearly 80 percent of the
district's 38,694 students every day; and
WHEREAS, Long recognized as one of the most efficient and
financially sound school food-service programs in the nation, the
program relies upon the Gertrude B. Applebaum Food Service Center,
a state-of-the-art central kitchen built in 1997 under the
direction of CCISD's director and assistant superintendent,
Gertrude Applebaum; this 81,000-square-foot facility prepares bulk
meals for all elementary schools and prepackaged meals for schools
without kitchens, and it also packages fruits, vegetables, salads,
sandwiches, and baked goods for all the schools in the district; and
WHEREAS, Jody Houston, the current food service director,
started working with the district in 1982 and played a vital role in
the design of the kitchen, which was built without interior walls to
make movement more efficient and to allow the staff to adapt quickly
to changing needs; the center fields two shifts, a day shift for
baking and prepackaging meals and a night shift for bulk satellite
operations; the kitchen also stands ready as the City of Corpus
Christi's emergency feeder, in the event of a natural disaster; and
WHEREAS, Benefiting from skilled and innovative management,
economies of scale, and the latest in food-service technology, the
CCISD Office of Food Services provides tasty and nutritious meals
to thousands of schoolchildren with impressive speed and
efficiency, while spending its budget wisely; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Jody Houston and the Corpus Christi
ISD Office of Food Services for earning national recognition from
Food Service Equipment and Supplies magazine and extend to
Ms. Houston and her staff sincere best wishes for continued success
in their important work; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for CCISD's Office of Food Services as an expression of
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.