Board reviews proposed food service specialist position, administration says it will be funded from food service fund

Lynette Kino, the district's director of food service, presented a revised job description for a food service specialist and described operational needs the role would meet. Kino said the position would support monthly safety audits, onboarding and training for new staff across schools, product taste testing with parents and students, support for summer feeding monitoring and help processing free and reduced meal applications. "The greatest value this position will add is safety review of our program," Kino said, noting the role would help complete monthly safety review forms and provide building-level support so administrators can focus on daily operations. She told the board the position would be paid from Fund 50, the district's food service fund, not from the general fund. Board members asked no substantive follow‑up questions and the item was presented as a personnel and job description update; no formal vote was recorded on the job description at this meeting.