Breakfast and lunch sales bring in another 23 percent of the budget. The remainder comes from donated commodities, matching state funds, and interest. Participation lags in school lunch programs at the district's middle schools and high schools. Middle management in the department is bloated. Quality control is inadequate.
Performance varies widely from campus to campus.
That's not all. Preventive maintenance and work order systems are functionally useless, boosting capital costs and food spoilage. HISD has two basic options. There are two major reasons to consider the second option. First, the district's food operations are in such poor shape that it will take a massive effort to bring them up to par.