Setting a fitting tone
At Daviess County Public Schools in Owensboro, Ky., it starts with the managers. Lisa Sims, director of food and nutrition, encourages her supervisors to promote fun any way they can. “It’s all about the attitude, and it starts with the people that lead your teams,” she says.
To avoid looking and feeling “stiff and stuffy,” Sims does not specify uniforms for food and nutrition workers. Instead, managers and employees decide how to look like a cohesive unit. “I tell the managers that every person on your team needs to look like a member of your team,” she says.