Nutrition manager announces Chinese New Year lunch event; career‑tech students propose $300,000 breakfast addition

Carrie Steak, regional manager, nutrition services, used the public‑comment period to highlight upcoming student meal events and outreach. "I just wanna make a special note that we're having a Chinese New Year celebration at the high school, and we're doing a walk action station," Steak said, and invited board members and others to stop by for lunch. She said a regional chef will help at the event and noted the nutrition staff would provide pizza samples for the board's executive meeting that evening.

A separate speaker, identified in the transcript only as a staff member, described participation in the career‑and‑technical education program and said students had designed a proposed courtyard addition to expand breakfast service. The speaker said one student group’s conceptual design estimated construction at about $300,000; the speaker and board members characterized the figure as an idea from students rather than an approved project.

These remarks came during the public‑comment portion of the meeting; neither the board nor staff announced formal funding or approval for the student‑proposed addition during the session.