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Nelly Ayala León
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- Education Secretary Says No Puerto Rico School Lacks Food Despite Cafeteria Complaints
Puerto Rico Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés said his department has no official record of complaints about food shortages in public school cafeterias, even though reports have been constant this semester of a principal buying rice, teachers pooling money, and employees bringing bouillon cubes, seasonings and sponges.
- Government Intervenes in School Meal Supply Issues
Norma Burgos Andújar, Secretary of the Gobernación, met with Nelly Ayala León, president of the Asociación de Empleados de Comedores Escolares, and other union representatives to discuss difficulties in food supply and distribution in public schools.
- Education Dept. and School Food Authority Demand Evidence Behind School Cafeteria Food Shortage Claims
Puerto Rico’s Department of Education (DE) Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés and School Food Authority (AEA) Director Franchesca Reyes Benítez have called on Nelly Ayala León, president of the Asociación de Empleados de Comedores Escolares, to present evidence backing her public claims of food shortages in school cafeterias.
- Union: Puerto Rico School Cafeteria Workers Buying Food With Own Money Amid Supply Shortages
The UAW Local 2396 union, representing public school cafeteria employees, denounced serious problems in food distribution to school cafeterias, saying workers have had to borrow products from other schools and even spend their own money to prepare meals for students.