Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Multiple media outlets are reporting that the school has sent a letter to families addressing student concerns.
The beleaguered Wellesley School Department recently sent a letter to families addressing the health concerns brought up by a group of students last week. The Swellesley Report and Boston.com both reported that the administration’s letter defends Chartwells, the school system’s food vendor under a one-year contract, and in some cases denies student allegations of undercooked food, small portions and a claim that students became ill after eating macaroni and cheese. Chartwells had problems from the beginning. They were in violation of the health code at the beginning of the school year and at risk of being unable to open for lunch in time for school to start. Also, a group of former cafeteria workers say they were betrayed by the town …
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Wellesley Middle School
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
School Committee heard updates on a number of issues including the fact that a total of eight mice have so far been trapped by the new, aggressive program to eradicate the infestation at the high and middle schools.
Work is on schedule at the new high school set to open its doors to students for the first day of classes in the new facility on Feb. 27. “It’s getting close,” Wellesley School Committee Chairman Suzy Littlefield said Tuesday night. Littlefield, who has been among a group of people planning and overseeing construction of the new school for a decade, said permits are being issued and furniture will begin to be delivered Jan. 5. Everything is on a very specific schedule, she said, with the furniture arriving in waves. It is being delivered to the cafeteria where it is being assembled and dispersed to its permanent locations. The new school will also include surveillance cameras on the grounds and in common areas to “ensure a safe and secure …
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Wellesley High School
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Questions about the company's hiring, food safety record and cost are fueling the push to reconsider privatizing the food services department.
A group of former food service workers, buoyed by what they say is substandard service, is calling on the school department to end its relationship with Chartwells at the end of the school year and return to an in-house cafeteria operation. “I encourage parents to take another look at who is serving their children lunch,” said Frances Campbell, a Wellesley resident and former head cashier at the middle school cafeteria. “Their reputation is not up to par,” she said. Campbell, along with four other women who had worked for the food service department before it was privatized in July, attended Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting to ask for their jobs back. The women, all of whom say Chartwells made them job offers at lower wages that …
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Red Rover
8:21 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Town of Sudbury is also having issues with Chartwells. Though children in Sudbury were served uncooked chicken with no reports of illness, the School Committee and Administration there have had enough of Chartwells as the end of their one year contract nears. They are ready for a possible change. Maybe our School Committee should take a closer look at what may be in store for them if they … more ›