Councilwoman denounces lack of bread and overload of school cafeteria staff in PG

The Councilor Nurse Marisleidy (Democrat), chairman of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) that investigates the outsourcing of school snacks in Ponta Grossa, has again made harsh criticism of the service contracted by the City Hall. During the ordinary session of Câmara Municipal on Wednesday, the MP denounced new problems involving the lack of food and the absence of employees in the kitchens of municipal schools.

Among the episodes presented by the councilor is the delivery of a quantity of breads less than necessary to meet the students. According to Marisleidy, a school unit was supposed to receive 60 loaves, but the company responsible delivered only 38.

The parliamentarian also reported the lack of margarine for the children's coffee and warned that, given the problems in the supply, the students could run out of bread in the next day's feeding, Thursday (12).

The servant was found crying during the inspection.

Another episode reported by Marisleidy drew attention to the working conditions faced by a contested server of the municipal network.

During one of the visits, the councilwoman said she found an employee who has worked at the same school for 15 years crying before the overload of activities.

According to the parliamentarian, the workers of the outsourced company had not attended the service, leaving the responsibility for the preparation of the food concentrated in the municipal server.

The employee needed to prepare the children’s coffee while simultaneously taking care of the cooking of the rice and the beans that would be served later.

The situation raised new questions about the fulfillment of contractual obligations by third-party companies and the possibility of effective servers taking on activities that should be performed by the contracted professionals.

Reports include cockroaches and lack of food

The complaints filed on Wednesday are not isolated cases. The councilor has been making frequent visits to municipal schools and pointing out possible irregularities in the supply of school food.

Among the problems already reported are the lack of products, difficulties in meeting the menus and the presence of cockroaches in environments related to the preparation and storage of food.

In the last week, a survey at the Carlos Ribeiro de Macedo School, in the São Francisco region, identified, according to reports, the presence of cockroaches, expired margarine and food insufficiency. The case was also reported by Portal BnT Online.

The complaints amplify concerns about the sanitary conditions of the kitchens and the quality of the service provided to the students of the municipal network.

ICC investigates contracts and supervision of services

The IPC of Outsourcing was installed in Câmara Municipal in September 2026 to investigate possible irregularities in the feeding, cleaning and maintenance contracts of Ponta Grossa schools.

Chaired by Nurse Marisleidy, the commission also investigates whether companies are making available the number of professionals provided for in the contracts and whether municipal servants are being overburdened to compensate for possible failures in the provision of services.

In previous auditions, snacks and representatives of the School Feeding Council have already reported problems related to food quality, delays in deliveries and absence of employees.

The new statements of the councilor come a few days after the extension of the municipal contract for the supply of school snacks, a decision that also caused criticism from parliamentarians.

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