H.R. No. 2316

	R E S O L U T I O N
	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
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	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.
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	Chief Clerk of the House