NewsOK.com Blogs » Mel Bracht http://blog.newsok.com blogging community on NewsOK.com Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:54:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 blogging community on NewsOK.com NewsOK.com Blogs no blogging community on NewsOK.com NewsOK.com Blogs » Mel Bracht http://blog.newsok.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com Fast food at school http://blog.newsok.com/scissortales/2012/02/15/fast-food-at-school/ http://blog.newsok.com/scissortales/2012/02/15/fast-food-at-school/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:10:34 +0000 Mel Bracht http://159.1669 Broken Arrow High School students aren’t allowed to leave campus for lunch, but beginning next year they’ll have an opportunity to eat at a popular fast-food chain. Broken Arrow will become the state’s first public school system to have a Click here to read more

]]> Broken Arrow High School students aren’t allowed to leave campus for lunch, but beginning next year they’ll have an opportunity to eat at a popular fast-food chain. Broken Arrow will become the state’s first public school system to have a Subway on campus. Students will have a choice among five or six of the healthier sandwiches and will be able to dress their sandwiches at a self-serve vegetable bar. The sandwiches will be served with fruit, vegetables and milk and will be considered a “reimbursable” meal under the federal school lunch program. Unlike regular Subway franchises, chips or soda won’t be available. About 60 U.S. public schools have Subway franchises on campus. The company waives the franchise fee for schools and trains workers for free; the district pays Subway a percentage of the revenue. If the students are lucky, perhaps Subway spokesman Blake Griffin, the NBA star from Oklahoma City, will stop by to sign autographs.

(Photo by Diane Bondareff for SUBWAY)

 

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]]> Although we normally try to stay out of the turnpike rivalry with Tulsa, we had to chuckle at CareerBliss.com’s recent survey of the happiest and unhappiest cities to work. Oklahoma City ranked No. 3 among its annual survey of the happiest cities for work, trailing only Miami, Fla., and Worcester, Mass. On the other end of the Turner Turnpike, Tulsa ranked No. 4 among the unhappiest cities for work. The worst cities for work list was topped by New Haven, Conn., followed by Dayton, Ohio, and Milwaukee. According to the website, thousands of employees in the happiest cities say they’re most satisfied with the people they work with, the way they work and the work that they do. Employees in the unhappiest cities want to see better growth opportunities, compensation and company culture. Tulsa, however, surpassed Oklahoma City in average salary, according to the website. Tulsa’s average salary was listed at $56,170 and Oklahoma City’s at $54,323.

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