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So the results of those initial steps that we took, we have the finance team, we did engage with BDO, who knows us very well, as you know, to provide recommendations for implementation of some changes and adjustments adjustments that we're working on implementing. We also focus on, as I mentioned, the business process to really ensure that we're trying to maintain the good work that has been done in that program to provide a high-quality meal program to our students and to feed as many kids as we can. We know— I think this was in the presentation from a prior work session— is there's some information to suggest that when you feed kids, they do water at school. And so we, we don't want to lose ground in those areas, but we know that we need to put some processes in place to be able to strengthen how we're managing it so that there's, there's no surprises. And then last but not least, we certainly are improving our revenue assumptions.

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