Amanda Gerig, amanda.gerig@madronetrail.org, 503-830-7365

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Greetings,

I'd like to share some updates and I've put together some initial numbers for you.

Firstly, I'd like to mention that after 4 weeks, the kitchen is a well-oiled machine. Things are running smoothly, we're organized, and are serving meals quickly. I have Sergio, our Kitchen Assistant, and our new nighttime cleaner to thank. I'm very proud of what we have accomplished and look forward to the fall. I'm confident we can begin serving breakfast in September with approx. the same staffing. A lot of my extra time so far has been helping parents learn the system and dealing with glitches and improvements. Come fall, the system should be relatively automated and I can focus on just running the kitchen, which will be essential with the growing demand we're seeing. It's been a joy to serve the kids and see how happy they and the faculty are to receive quality hot food.

Some stats so far...

Since opening we have served approx. 1,060 meals.

Of these meals...

42 employee meals

346 free meals

585 full price paid meals

90 reduced price meals

Meal numbers are growing... we're seeing an estimated 10% increase week-to-week

So far, the revenue as of today we have received for paid/reduced price meals is $3226

We don't yet have an expenses report from accounting... this is on Tess' radar and she is working on it... so I've at least tallied the last two weeks of food and supplies expenses.

Apr 29-May 5 we spent $999.49

May 6-12 $731.28

I assume that prior to the first week we spent significantly more since we were first setting up, which is a matter of course. I am approaching this from the viewpoint of a food business owner and will work towards an acceptable bottom line.

The biggest piece to sustainability is receiving federal funding, which will be my big summer project. I've started to work on this, and would love support from the board in this endeavor in the form of a member or members who can be my point of contact for the project. I'm open to suggestions as to how this would work.

Thank you so much!

~Evan Wilson

Kitchen Manager

If you have a child who will be turning four by June 1, 2022 and are interested in our Sprouts pre-school program that is integrated into our two mixed-age kindergarten classes for the 2022-2023 school year, please email sprouts@madronetrail.org for more information.

From the Athletic Director 

Maddy Bevers records the 3rd highest 6th grade high jump! (3’9”)

Tabitha Bevers records 4th fastest 8th grade 1500 Meters! (6:29.81)

2nd     200 Meters           27.05 `

Classes have begun State Testing. 3rd-8th graders are tested in Language Arts and Math, and 5th and 8th graders take a Science test as well. This is the first year since the pandemic that the students will take the full test and participation rates will be tracked. Parents have the right per Oregon Law to opt their child out of the test. If you would like to do so, please contact our School Test Coordinator, Ms. Cori, cori.royer@madronetrail.org, to arrange to sign the opt out form in person.