School trustees want nutrition program investigated

Friday, Oct. 24, 1997 | 9:15 a.m.

Board members also said they should be the ones to decide whether meal prices should be raised to recover a $500,000 shortfall in the program that supplies meals to 76 Washoe County schools.

The comments came a day after the Reno Gazette-Journal reported the budget deficit and alleged other questionable practices by acting nutrition director Pat Marble.

Officials said Marble has admitted allowing private caterers to use the district's new $5.8 million central kitchen to prepare food for a private dinner party.

Superintendent Mary Nebgen has assigned an auditor to examine the nutrition services department.

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