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Board hears that Child Nutrition vehicles are in disrepair; staff proposes options including surplus bus, rental or state-contract purchase
Summary
Child Nutrition reported a broken refrigerated van and a nonoperational freezer box truck; staff proposed using a surplus activity bus converted to carry hot/cold food, renting a vehicle, or buying on state contract while documenting interim transport procedures.
Child Nutrition leaders told the Caswell County Board of Education that the department's refrigerated delivery capability is currently compromised and outlined short- and medium-term options to restore compliant meal transport.
Director-level staff explained that the department's van recently failed and an estimated repair was about $18,000; an older box truck used as a freezer backup has been largely inoperable during the current manager's tenure. In the meantime, food deliveries have been made using a county pickup, which lacks temperature control. Board members and staff agreed that transporting perishable food without…
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