Food Service Worker

For this assignment, I interviewed our building food service worker, Ms. Draper. Food service is one thing I am not sure of in the realm of administration. When asked to provide a title for herself, Ms. Draper noted she is considered to be a "Food Service Satellite Supervisor," she added, "They mostly just call me the lunch lady." She described her role as being in charge of meal preparation for the school building, ordering food supplies, snacks, and anything else that is assigned to her. She noted her daily responsibilities also include to clean up before and after students eat, and also ensure that our food service areas are up to code for the Ohio Department of Health. "I also have to order milk every other day," Draper added. "It's one of the most important things I do."

Further in our discussion, Draper noted that "Every student in our district receives free meals. We use technology to order the food using online ordering, track what students eat using key pads and databases, and bill to government for the reimbursable meals," Draper explained, "which, in our case, are all meals." In addition to Ohio Department of Education
She took me on a tour of her office, and the "lunch lady line." "Technology," she began, "makes my life so much easier. I can do what I need to do in my job, and have accurate counts. If I don't do it right, we don't get paid. If we don't get paid, they don't eat. And my babies can't not eat!" Which, begged my eager mind to ask what changes she would make to her current role. "Honestly, I wouldn't change anything. I would just add more hours in the day, and a better exhaust fan in the kitchen," she joked. "Really, technology is changing the way we do things, and I hope that one day I don't even have to use the computer or key pad to count kid's lunches, I can just use like an iPad to count or enter stuff in. You know, that's what I would change...where my office