While school districts were closed down this time a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, food service workers throughout northeast Indiana continued to perform their jobs above and beyond anything they ever dreamed possible.
âIt was a learning curve that changed rapidly and frequently,â said Stephanie Haynes-Clifford, food service director for the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County.
âI think they responded absolutely wonderful,â she said. âFood service professionals are in these buildings every day feeding these children because they care about them and they want to know theyâre taken care of.
âTheyâre obviously not in it because of the money, and in these unprecedented times, they were willing to step up and do what was necessary to continue to feed their children.â