USD 257 is once again ensuring that local children have access to nutritious meals, thanks to its growing and evolving summer meal program. Under the leadership of USD 257 Food Services Director Staci Talkington, the…

When Judy Baker first learned she’d received a grant for $8,609 to expand the school district’s free summer food program, she wondered how she could spend it all. “I figured I had six weeks’ time,”…