Staffing shortages in the School Nutrition Department for Dalton Public Schools have created an opportunity for several students to gain valuable experience through work-based learning.
“It’s great for the students and a great partnership” with school nutrition, Larry Tripp, a work-based learning coordinator for Dalton Public Schools, said.
Dalton High student Trinity Mouzon started working in the Blue Ridge School kitchen a couple of weeks after the start of this academic year. Mouzon’s mother manages that kitchen
“They were short-staffed in the kitchen, and I knew how stressful that was” the Dalton senior said earlier this year. “I really like it here, and I’ll do it for the rest of the year if I can.”
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