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Jaime Gusanas, a third grade teacher, hands out lunch items to students in her class at Pleasant Hill Elementary on Aug. 31, 2021. The nationwide food supply chain crisis has hit suburban Chicago schools hard this fall, including Pleasant Hill in Palatine, where the school lunch crew recently learned that its main vendor was halting service because of a shortage of delivery drivers.
Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune
Jaime Gusanas, a third grade teacher, hands out lunch items to students in her class at Pleasant Hill Elementary on Aug. 31, 2021. The nationwide food supply chain crisis has hit suburban Chicago schools hard this fall, including Pleasant Hill in Palatine, where the school lunch crew recently learned that its main vendor was halting service because of a shortage of delivery drivers.
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While suburban school districts are being reimbursed for the meals served to students this school year – which at some districts, has already spiked by 50% from pre-pandemic rates – the federal mandate is colliding with nationwide food supply shortfalls and a scarcity of delivery drivers.