SCSOS Assistant Superintendent of College and Career Readiness Eric Pomeroy understood the value of this investment and applied for a federal Stream Grant. He acquired the grant, and with part of these funds was able to purchase a state-of-the-art food trailer to use in the culinary programs.
This food trailer will be used in a variety of ways for local students, as well as for the community as a whole:
- The mobility of the trailer will provide access to the culinary programs to students at all local high schools, including school sites with no kitchen
- The trailer will be more inclusive of special populations as well as partnerships with Sutter County One Stop and Adult Education
- The trailer will strengthen culinary pathways at the high schools and Yuba Community College
- The trailer will provide career exploration for middle school students
- The trailer will help students learn entrepreneurship skills as well as culinary skills
- The trailer will bring community stakeholders and students together
- The trailer will be used for special events within the community
- SCSOS will provide the food trailer for disaster relief and partner with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross, Hands of Hope, etc.
- Culinary classes held in the trailer will showcase local chefs
- Culinary classes will showcase ethnic foods, broadening the knowledge students have of other cultures
- Students will be taught how to strengthen their “soft skills”
- Students will learn creativity, professionalism, marketing, profit/loss margins and how to manage inventories
- Students who successfully complete the culinary program will earn an industry-based certification in culinary arts
The goal of this program is to ensure that students who have an interest in a culinary career will be prepared for an entry-level position in a restaurant when the program is completed. Sutter County Superintendent of Schools is committed to providing career pathways for students in the tri-county area. SCSOS Tri-County ROP Programs are expanding to include many pathways, just one of which is the culinary program.