BUSINESSES URGE LAUSD TO SEEK FOOD-SERVICE BIDS.Byline: Daily News A day after the school board gave Superintendent David Brewer This article is about the businessman and Lord Mayor of London; for the American jurist, see David Josiah Brewer Sir David Brewer CMG (born 1940) was Lord Mayor of London between 2005 and 2006. III 90 days to analyze the effectiveness of school cafeterias, the Valley's largest business organization urged him Wednesday to consider competitive contracting for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Unified's food services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and . Robert Scott, chairman of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association, sent the superintendent a letter urging him to consider putting cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. services out to competitive bid. Scott cited findings in the report ``Reforming Schools'' by the Mulholland Institute, which concluded that it would be better for schools to stick to education and contract out for non-core services such as transportation maintenance, security and food service. But LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) officials said Senate Bill 1419, passed in 2003, prohibits school districts from contracting out food services. Even if the law allowed districts to put food services out to competitive bid, it wouldn't be the right answer for a district that's made significant gains in food services over the past four years, said Michael Eugene, business manager for LAUSD. |
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