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School board approves yearlong food-service contract after pilot; state places conditions
Summary
The Petersburg City School Board on Wednesday approved a one-year, $629,033.35 food service management contract with Tahir Inc., continuing a pilot that trained cafeteria staff and refreshed school menus while the Virginia Department of Education attached monitoring and invoicing conditions.
The Petersburg City School Board on Wednesday approved a one-year food service management contract with Tahir Inc., continuing a pilot consultancy that began in November 2024 and brought professional chefs into school cafeterias to retrain staff and refresh menus.
Superintendent Yolanda Brown presented the recommendation and said the contract runs July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, and that the district will use federal school nutrition funds to pay the vendor. “The cost is $629,033.35,” Brown said during the meeting.
The contract follows two prior, smaller informal agreements under which Tahir provided two visiting chefs for limited weeks to train staff and develop new recipes. Brown said those pilots increased student participation at meal lines and drew community attention. The formal contract expands that model to three full-time culinary shifts (elementary, middle and high school) plus a staff dietitian and…
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