MPISD Receives Grant for Non-Skid Shoes

Cafeteria Workers Benefit

Mount Pleasant Independent School District is the recipient of a grant from Claims Administrative Services (CAS) to purchase non-skid shoes for every cafeteria worker in the district. The shoes will help maintain a high safety level in district school cafeterias.

Brice worker Sheila Morton

“Safety in our kitchens is of utmost importance, for workers first, and for the district, second,” said MPISD Food Service Director Laura Stewart. “Anyone who’s ever been in a commercial kitchen knows that the floors can get slippery at times. This grant, and the shoes we have been able to purchase through it, will help us keep our workers safe and keep the number of accidents in out kitchens to a minimum.”

Luisa Rodriguez, Lucille Taylor and Rossario Cassio try on shoes as Sonia Ayala watches.

The district’s “cafeteria ladies” were thrilled with the shoes, according to Judi Saxton, district public information officer. “Good, safe, comfortable work shoes are not inexpensive. We as a district were pleased to receive this grant and to use it to provide good work shoes for a very important part of our workforce.”
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Shoes3: E.C. Brice Cafeteria worker Rossario Cassio tries on her new shoes.
Shoes4: Brice Cafeteria worker Sheila Morton examines her new shoes.
Shoes 6: Brice cafeteria workers try on their new shows as Food Service Secretary Sonia Ayala watches. (l-r: Luisa Rodriguez, Lucille Taylor, Rossario Cassio and Ayala).