In a properly designed and implemented central kitchen and commissary, nutrition is retained, student acceptability is high, and cost-effectiveness for the school district is attained. Employee productivity can be increased three or four times the average production rate. (MLF)

The Wichita, Kansas, Public Schools' Food Service Department Project Reduction in Paperwork (RIP) is designed to automate certain paperwork functions, thus reducing cost and flow of paper. This article addresses how RIP manages free/reduced meal applications and meets the objectives of reducing paper and increasing accuracy, timeliness, and…

Describes Northern Virginia Community College's unique system of cooperation and coordination whereby the five campus Learning Resources Centers, the Media Processing Services unit, and the central technical services unit for the campuses work together to achieve college and campus goals through a Learning Resource System. (DMM)