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D.C. School Food on the Skids–Again

January 16th, 2013 · 8 Comments · food news, kids, school food

Hopes for a quick and easy fix to the D.C. Public Schools’ cafeteria woes were snuffed out this week with the reported ouster of food services director Jeffrey Mills. And you can’t say we didn’t tell you so. This was a situation designed for failure. Mills, a restaurant designer who parachuted into DCPS from New […]

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Is Kaya Henderson Turning Out the Lights on D.C. School Food?

February 23rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · school food

In a chilling rebuke, Chancellor Kaya Henderson has disavowed the ambitious plans for improved D.C. school food set forth by DCPS food services Director Jeffrey Mills and instead has ordered her staff to proceed immediately with a new contract to outsource cafeteria operations and try to stem the mounting deficits attributed to the system’s current […]

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D.C. Schools Food Director Calls Chartwells Contract “Crap”

April 19th, 2011 · 6 Comments · kids, school food

D.C. schools food services chief Jeffrey Mills D.C. Publice Schools food services chief Jeffrey Mills is deeply disappointed with the district’s contract with cafeteria giant Chartwells, The Slow Cook has learned, calling the agreement “crap” and outlining plans to establish nine satellite production kitchens the schools can use to make their own food sometime in the future. Two […]

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