Parents Get a Look at the Canteen at Jelgava Technology Secondary School
Jelgava Technology Secondary School held a canteen open day where parents could see how meals are prepared and try the food. The nationwide initiative is run for the third year in a row by school caterer Baltic Restaurants.
Jelgava Technology Secondary School in Latvia has held an open day at its canteen, giving parents a chance to learn how school catering works, look at the everyday lunch menu and taste the meals. The event was reported by the Jelgava Education Board.
The open days are organised across Latvia for the third consecutive year by the school caterer Baltic Restaurants, which operates under the brands Daily and Fristar. This year, 829 parents signed up for the events at 56 schools.
Parents' impressions
Baiba Balode-Lukjanska, the school's principal, says parents are glad to take the opportunity to see what their children's everyday life in the canteen looks like.
The mother of a fifth-grade pupil, who was attending the open day for the second year, says she has satisfied herself about the quality of the lunches and the suitability of portion sizes. According to her, both her child and the family are happy with the catering service.
The mother of a first-grader and a ninth-grader stresses that taking part allowed her to judge for herself the quality of the meals offered to children and how the catering is organised.
