Cafeteria Life Takes Center Stage In Local Lunchrooms
A detailed portrait of school lunch programs from Martino to Rich South and St. John’s Lutheran highlights how menus shift from brown bags to made from scratch meals. Students praise lasagna and catfish while cooks like Ruth Davis and Kim Martens describe daily labor, price changes, and the joy of feeding hundreds of youths.
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del Bitter
Martino
Cindy Barnes
Barnes
Rich South High School
Ruth Davis
Emma Pastore
Stephani Kester
Matteson
Pastore
Betsy Williams
Keisha Romero
Cory Shaun McGinnis
Kim Martens
Country Club Hills
St. John’s
Taco Bell
Martens
Cross
Brandi Porter
Dalton
Bobbie Williamson
Liz Williams
Williams
Williamson
Dirksen
Lee R Foster School Lunch Trial at Foster Oak Forest
At Lee R Foster School in Oak Forest students sampled gyros with spicy lamb and beef on warm pita. Fifth grader Michael Patterson ate the bread and planned to add meat later while peers mixed reactions to the meal and dressing.
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Foster School
Oak Forest
Michael Patterson
Kevin Walsh
Casey Brent
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