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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Corpus Christi Independent School District's |
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| 6 | 7 | | Office of Food Services and its director, Jody Houston, have won |
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| 7 | 8 | | well-deserved national recognition from Food Service Equipment and |
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| 8 | 9 | | Supplies magazine; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, A feature article in the magazine has highlighted |
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| 10 | 11 | | the success of CCISD's Food Services, which operates in the black |
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| 11 | 12 | | while providing a nutritious lunch to nearly 80 percent of the |
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| 12 | 13 | | district's 38,694 students every day; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Long recognized as one of the most efficient and |
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| 14 | 15 | | financially sound school food-service programs in the nation, the |
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| 15 | 16 | | program relies upon the Gertrude B. Applebaum Food Service Center, |
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| 16 | 17 | | a state-of-the-art central kitchen built in 1997 under the |
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| 17 | 18 | | direction of CCISD's director and assistant superintendent, |
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| 18 | 19 | | Gertrude Applebaum; this 81,000-square-foot facility prepares bulk |
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| 19 | 20 | | meals for all elementary schools and prepackaged meals for schools |
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| 20 | 21 | | without kitchens, and it also packages fruits, vegetables, salads, |
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| 21 | 22 | | sandwiches, and baked goods for all the schools in the district; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Jody Houston, the current food service director, |
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| 23 | 24 | | started working with the district in 1982 and played a vital role in |
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| 24 | 25 | | the design of the kitchen, which was built without interior walls to |
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| 25 | 26 | | make movement more efficient and to allow the staff to adapt quickly |
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| 26 | 27 | | to changing needs; the center fields two shifts, a day shift for |
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| 27 | 28 | | baking and prepackaging meals and a night shift for bulk satellite |
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| 28 | 29 | | operations; the kitchen also stands ready as the City of Corpus |
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| 29 | 30 | | Christi's emergency feeder, in the event of a natural disaster; and |
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| 30 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Benefiting from skilled and innovative management, |
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| 31 | 32 | | economies of scale, and the latest in food-service technology, the |
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| 32 | 33 | | CCISD Office of Food Services provides tasty and nutritious meals |
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| 33 | 34 | | to thousands of schoolchildren with impressive speed and |
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| 34 | 35 | | efficiency, while spending its budget wisely; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 36 | 37 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Jody Houston and the Corpus Christi |
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| 37 | 38 | | ISD Office of Food Services for earning national recognition from |
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| 38 | 39 | | Food Service Equipment and Supplies magazine and extend to |
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| 39 | 40 | | Ms. Houston and her staff sincere best wishes for continued success |
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| 40 | 41 | | in their important work; and, be it further |
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| 41 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 42 | 43 | | prepared for CCISD's Office of Food Services as an expression of |
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| 43 | 44 | | high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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