Boulder Valley School District - Boulder, CO
Contact: Leslie Stafford, CFO - 6500 Arapahoe, Boulder, Co 80301

Downloads of Feasibility Study available at http://www.bvsd.org/schoolfoodproject/Pages/default.aspx

This project is currently in the implementation phase. Lunch Lessons performed a Feasibility Study in the district from May through September 2008 and following the study presentation in October 08, Lunch Lessons was engaged in January 2009 to begin the transition process outlined in the study.

"The Lunch Box" - A project with Food, Family, Farming Foundation and the Chez Panisse Foundation - Contact : Ann Cooper, Project Manager

This project which has been part of our thinking around school lunch reform for many years has recently been funded by the Kellogg Foundation for its development and feasibility phase. The concept is to develop a web based tool box which districts can utilize to help transition programs to regionally reliant whole foods based nutrition programs.

Santa Cruz City Schools - Santa Cruz, CA
Contact: Alan Pagano, Superintendent - 405 Old San Jose Rd. Soquel, CA 95073

Download of Assessment Executive Summary available at http://www.sccs.santacruz.k12.ca.us/Food-Services-report-available.html

Beth completed a full assessment of the district in November of 2008 and presented the findings to the Board of Education in December. Santa Cruz is now focusing on wellness as a cornerstone for academic improvement for its population. A new Wellness Policy paired with the Assessment and Next Steps for the coming five years will hopefully yield a new paradigm for that district.

Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools - Traverse City, MI
Contact: Michael Buell, Superintendent - 123 11 th St., Traverse City, MI 49684

Beth completed an assessment of the district to discover the practicality of shifting from being a contract client of the local public district to transition to a self-operated scratch cooking system for this four-school, 1000 student district. Once the Board decided to move forward the project included Wellness Policy Development, Strategic Planning, Central Kitchen Renovation plans and oversight, POS implementation, all procurement systems and vendor relationships, menus, production systems, software purchasing and recipe database implementation and training, staff training and professional development for existing staff, hiring and training of director, sous chef and production team, presentations and training for administration and faculty. Work moving forward will focus on curricular integration with nutrition, physical activity, and dining services to keep strategic plan on track.

Chez Panisse Foundation - Berkeley , California
Contact: Ann Cooper, Director of Nutrition Services, BUSD

Beth assisted Nutrition Services Director, Ann Cooper , in development of procurement systems, menu development, financial analysis and staff training for Berkeley Unified School District's, School Lunch Initiative - a partnership project between BUSD, Chez Panisse Foundation and Center for Ecoliteracy. I am also writing the White Papers for the foundation on the BUSD history, costs, and training which will be released later this year.