Dear editor, (Editor’s note: USD 257 board of education members are in the process of reviewing how the district provides meals for its students and has had interviews with food service representatives of OPAA and Chartwells.
In reference to the article “The cost of a good meal,” on Feb. 10, I was wondering why we always hear shop local?
When I was an employee of the food service for USD 257 I witnessed that three out of four delivery trucks were from the state of Kansas.
The revenue from these sales helped the state of Kansas. Also the employees of all were receiving a paycheck and paying taxes to the state of Kansas.
The ladies who work for USD 257 food service will also lose pay.
The revenue that Kansas will lose, the state of Missouri will gain.
I noticed that’s where the food will come from!
So much for shopping local.
Lillian Ozechowski,
Iola, Kan.
Jack Koehn, superintendent of schools, said OPAA, which has formed an LLC in Kansas, has guaranteed USD 257 employees would receive the same pay rate they are receiving now.
Letter to the editor — February 20, 2014
