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Published: July 21, 2012
Pasco School District hiring food workersPublished: July 21, 2012
The Pasco School District Food and Nutrition Services Department has 50 job vacancies to fill by Aug. 15 at school cafeterias across the county.
The positions include full-time and part-time work, entry-level and more advanced positions, including production assistants and management.
According to a district press release, many of the jobs are a good fit for stay-at-home moms who want work but need to be at home when their children are out of school, empty nesters and retirees looking for a little extra activity and income and those who enjoy the food industry but don't want to work nights, holidays, and weekends.
To view the available food and nutrition positions, visit the District's website, www.pasco.k12.fl.us, and click on the "Employment Opportunities" link on the right side of the page. To be considered, complete a district online job application and call (813) 794-2474.
PHCC holding open houses
Pasco-Hernando Community College is holding open houses at its campuses this summer. PHCC faculty and staff will provide information about arts and science associate degree programs and career and certificate programs.
Visitors also can learn more about admissions, financial aid, student support services and veterans affairs. Tours of health and science labs, the teaching-learning centers, libraries and computer labs may be available; activities vary at each campus.
Remaining scheduled open houses include:
Seating is limited, so RSVP at www.phcc.edu/rsvp. For details, call (877) 879-7422.
'Summer Lunch Bus' rolling again
Gulfside Elementary School, working with the Pasco School District, is running its Summer Lunch Bus Program, which will continue weekdays until Aug. 10.
The program, which debuted last summer, was created to help ensure that children 18 and younger in the Gulfside Elementary attendance zone, in the Holiday area, can have access to a free lunch weekdays during summer vacation. Volunteers prepare lunches at the school and then take them out into the neighborhood to distribute them at specified times and locations.
The schedule is as follows:
No ID or registration is required.
Faculty exhibit at PHCC West
The Pasco-Hernando Community College art gallery, in the Alric Pottberg Library at PHCC West Campus, 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey, is presenting its "Staff and Faculty Summer Art Show."
The exhibit features photography, clay, charcoal, textiles, pencil drawings, acrylics and sculpture by faculty and staff members from each PHCC campus. The exhibit runs through Aug. 14. The gallery is open to the public and admission is free. The gallery is open during the summer from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. For details, call (727) 816-3231.