Support Departments
	Budget and Finance
Did You Know Facts: Staff of 5 Manages and administers $32 Million budget Manages Pepsi beverage contract Responsibilities Preparation of Departmental Operational and Financial Statements Manages bookkeeping functions Interprets and perform financial analysis Budget Oversight and Reconciliation
	Equipment Maintenance
Did You Know Facts: Staff of 2 employees Kitchen equipment: approximately 3,000 pieces Processes over 1,000 maintenance requests annually Responsibilities: Purchases all large kitchen equipment Maintains all large equipment through maintenance requests Assist in new kitchen design and equipment purchases Maintains large equipment inventory
	Purchasing
Did You Know Facts: Staff of 2 employees Provide food and supplies for approximately lunches 6,480,000 and 1,620,000 breakfasts annually Responsibilities Purchases all food, supplies and smallwares for site-to-site delivery from our warehouse Establish contracts for the vendor site to site delivery for dairy products, a la carte items and sanitation services Government commodities to include produce and the processing of allocated commodities Assists in menu planning and inventory control
	Technical Services
Did You Know Facts: Staff of 4 technicians Supports 227 school computers Supports 51 central office computers Responsibilities: Software and hardware support Provides helpdesk site support Provides training Maintains technology documentation Maintains security Creates and maintains department websites
	Vending
Did You Know Facts: Staff of 4 employees Maintains 116 vending machines Fleet of 4 vehicles Nutrition is a "hot topic" right now in the food services industry, 85% of the food items sold in our vending machines meet our nutrition standards. Our nutrition standards are that items sold in the schools will contain no more than: 35% fat calories 35% sugar by weight 10% saturated fat Responsibilities: Installs, supports and stocks food service vending machines Maintains vending inventory When the new Pepsi contract was initiated in 2003, Food and Nutrition Services was given the responsibility to manage the contract and ensure fiscal and nutritional integrity were maintained. Food and Nutrition Services provides $25,000 worth of Pepsi products, at no cost to the schools, for their special events, proms, student carnivals, etc. Profits are shared with the principals for machines located in the hallways of schools.
	Warehouse & Distribution
Did You Know Facts: Staff of 13 part time 22 full time employees Stocks approximately 3 million dollars worth of inventory in 35,000 sq. ft warehouse space Maintains fleet of 40 vehicles Responsibilities: Receives product from vendors  Provide food, supplies and support for 156 schools Delivers food daily from preparation site to satellite schools and numerous support facilities  Assists the equipment maintenance department with relocation of large and small kitchen equipment