School nutrition director suspended for serving up old meat
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A school’s nutrition director has been suspended after serving 4- to 6-year-old pork to students.
The Times News reports (http://bit.ly/1bD8TJn ) Mandy Kenner has been suspended for three days without pay after students at Hawkins County schools were served meat dating back to 2009-2011 on April 22.
Director of schools Steve Starnes made the announcement during Thursday’s Hawkins County Board of Education meeting. The pork issue came up about 90 minutes into the meeting, and began with public comments from concerned parents, a county commissioner, and one school employee.
A new frozen food policy drafted by Starnes was approved by the board Thursday. The policy includes bimonthly school cafeteria freezer inventories. Some aspects of the policy were implemented April 24, such as clearing out all outdated food from school freezers.
