How is BUSD planning on renovating existing facilities to accommodate freshly prepared meals?
In 2000, Berkeley voters passed a $10 million school bond measure to build a cafeteria at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School and renovate kitchens district-wide. About half of the schools currently have kitchens to accommodate on-site meal production. BUSD is currently working on an assessment of school kitchen facilities that will be presented to the Board of Education early next year, along with a timeline for future renovations. BUSD plans to renovate all of the existing kitchens over the next five years to accommodate greater on-site meal production.