EX B SOP 02 RK FK Opening Readiness Checklist.xlsx

This file is an Opening Readiness Checklist (SOP-02) developed by the Hawaii State Department of Education to validate operational readiness for the regional kitchen and four initial finishing kitchens serving the Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua complex. The checklist establishes a site-by-site operational gate supporting integrated TEST-04 authorization and confirms practical site prerequisites before live production and service commence. The checklist encompasses 15 critical readiness requirements for each site: facility access, permits and inspections, utilities, equipment, smallwares, staffing, training and competency, menu and production planning, receiving and inventory controls, logistics and distribution, food safety and HACCP compliance, technology and records systems, emergency and continuity procedures, integrated testing completion, and final site decision documentation. All checklist items for the Regional Kitchen (RK-01) and four finishing kitchens—Leilehua High School (FK-01), Wahiawa Middle School (FK-02), Wahiawa Elementary School (FK-03), and Iliahi Elementary School (FK-04)—currently show a status of "Not Reviewed" with zero items marked as ready. The checklist is designed to remain linked to TEST-04 integrated decision-making and is intended to be validated through actual evidence rather than verbal statements, with unresolved material items requiring documentation and traceability to underlying support documentation.

The SOP-02 framework includes four supplementary components: an Evidence Register for tracking actual records and documentation supporting each site gate; an Opening Readiness Action Log for monitoring gaps until closure or explicit authorization; 30-day and 90-day post-opening review requirements to convert operating experience into controlled improvements to standard operating procedures, training, tools, and readiness processes; and Readiness Rules establishing consistent application of the checklist in alignment with TEST-04 gates. The rules specify that site checklist completion serves as execution evidence feeding TEST-04's integrated cross-functional recommendation and approval, that opening blockers cannot be reclassified without evidence or authorized decision, that facility completion alone does not satisfy readiness without concurrent alignment of equipment, staffing, training, menu, food safety, and logistics, that training verification requires competency or credential evidence rather than attendance documentation alone, that food-safety controls must be based on approved sources rather than interim tools, and that material changes to equipment, facility, menu, logistics, or staffing trigger site readiness re-review and potential TEST-04 scope updates. The checklist establishes a structured governance model requiring evidence-based closure of all opening-blocker items and verification by designated reviewers prior to Phase I implementation supporting the initial 20-school cohort by June 2027.