1- Identify and briefly explain the ‘Barriers/Pitfalls to Public Sector Planning' that seem most evident in this case study.[In the 8th edition Starling refers to these as "Barriers" -- see pages 228-233. In the 9th edition, Starling refers to these as "Pitfalls" -- see pages 227-230]
2- Explain how the political environment affected the school lunch policy process.
3- Identify and briefly explain how any three (3) of the biases explained in the textbook seemed to be displayed by Ellen Haas.[Note: In the 8th edition Starling identifies six biases of human decision making on pp. 292-293. In the 9th edition Starling identifies seven biases of human decision making on pp. 280-282]
4- Identify the entities involved in school lunch policy process and briefly explain their role in the policy process, as well as describing whether these entities were within the public (governmental) sector or outside government, and on which "side" of the debate they stood
5- Explain how this case demonstrates the role of public agency administrators in the public policymaking process.