DPS School Food Services is dreaming big: delicious, culturally relevant meals for students that support academic success, planet health, and joy for students and the people who produce their meals.

And while we’re dreaming about the future of food for our students, we’re wondering what we could provide to DPS’s 5000+ staff? What would it look like to have a local coffee roaster provide coffee to our staff directly in our schools? Would staff like access to high quality breakfast, lunch and snacks that meet their adult tastes, preferences, and dietary needs? What if staff could pre-order meals for easy and swift pickup? What if there were family meals to-go for easy weeknight dinners?

We have many questions, and y’all have some answers. We want to gather your dreams for the future of DPS staff meals, and then build a roadmap to get us there.

The following survey is voluntary and anonymous, and we can’t build out your vision if we don’t know what it is! So complete this survey and share the link with all of your colleagues!

At the end of this survey we ask if you are interested in serving on a DPS staff advisory panel for staff food services. If you’re interested, let us know! And if you have any questions about this survey, or anything happening in DPS School Food Services, contact Dr. Linden Thayer (linden_thayer@dpsnc.net).