TITLE: Congratulating Jody Houston and the Corpus Christi ISD Office of Food Services for winning recognition from Food Service Equipment and Supplies magazine.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Jody Houston and the Corpus Christi ISD Office of Food Services for winning recognition from Food Service Equipment and Supplies magazine.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Corpus Christi Independent School District's Office of Food Services and its director, Jody Houston, have won well-deserved national recognition from Food Service Equipment and Supplies magazine; and WHEREAS, A feature article in the magazine has highlighted the success of CCISD's Food Services, which operates in the black while providing a nutritious lunch to nearly 80 percent of the district's 38,694 students every day; and WHEREAS, Long recognized as one of the most efficient and financially sound school food-service programs in the nation, the program relies upon the Gertrude B. Applebaum Food Service Center, a state-of-the-art central kitchen built in 1997 under the direction of CCISD's director and assistant superintendent, Gertrude Applebaum; this 81,000-square-foot facility prepares bulk meals for all elementary schools and prepackaged meals for schools without kitchens, and it also packages fruits, vegetables, salads, sandwiches, and baked goods for all the schools in the district; and WHEREAS, Jody Houston, the current food service director, started working with the district in 1982 and played a vital role in the design of the kitchen, which was built without interior walls to make movement more efficient and to allow the staff to adapt quickly to changing needs; the center fields two shifts, a day shift for baking and prepackaging meals and a night shift for bulk satellite operations; the kitchen also stands ready as the City of Corpus Christi's emergency feeder, in the event of a natural disaster; and WHEREAS, Benefiting from skilled and innovative management, economies of scale, and the latest in food-service technology, the CCISD Office of Food Services provides tasty and nutritious meals to thousands of schoolchildren with impressive speed and efficiency, while spending its budget wisely; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Jody Houston and the Corpus Christi ISD Office of Food Services for earning national recognition from Food Service Equipment and Supplies magazine and extend to Ms. Houston and her staff sincere best wishes for continued success in their important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for CCISD's Office of Food Services as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Herrero Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2316 was adopted by the House on May 21, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House