Salad Bar big hit in Greenfield Schools
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By Carmen Ensinger
The Greenfield School Board always begin their meeting with a look at district highlights and on Oct. 21, the focus was on the cafeteria.
Greenfield Superintendent Andy Stumpf said that Vonna Hunn talked to the Board of Education about the improvements made to the cafeteria this year.
“We have added a salad bar to the elementary and high school and the students are really enjoying it,” Stumpf said. “The cafeteria staff has been providing our students with more homemade meals and less pre-packaged food.”
This is thanks to the Farm to School Program that the school participates in.
“During the first six weeks of the year, we served 991 more meals than the same six week period last year,” Stumpf said. “I asked her to come in and talk about the things they are doing, which is making a lot of things from scratch. Such as making meatloaf using the meat from our farm.”
Stumpf said he feels both the students and staff are really appreciating it.
“Plus, the salad bar is providing a nice and healthy option for the junior high and high school kids,” he said. “We don’t offer it for the little kids because it is so hard for them to get to.”
The district’s Health, Life, Safety plan is up in 2025 and they have been working with the district architect to identify areas needed to be addressed.
“This is something required by law every 10 years and ours is coming up in 2025,” Stumpf said. “Our architect has already gone through the inspection process and we are going to meet with him next week to go over what he has found.”
The process identifies health, life and safety concerns within the district and rates them according to importance.
“Some of the things he has identified will need to be corrected immediately,” Stumpf said. “Others may not be so critical and need to be done at some point in time within the next 10 years.”
A couple things which Stumpf said he knows will be on the list is the gripping on the high school stairs and the elementary school windows which contain asbestos in the caulk.
The district hired two new teachers, both pending certification. Hannah Rhoades was hired as the Jr. High Science teacher for the 2025-26 school year and Julie Williams as the Jr. High Math teacher.
The board approved an intergovernmental agreement for dual credit classes with Lewis and Clark Community College.
