DHS Cafeteria Refugees Make It Through Move

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA["We kind of like it," said Du Quoin High School food services staff member Sherri Clark as students and teachers weathered the first day of school as cafeteria refugees.

Demolition and the start of construction on the new DHS academic building has resulted in the cafeteria's move to the old Industrial Arts area on the east end of the building.

Staff members say they like their temporary kitchen (and there's no hint of sawdust anywhere.) One staff member commented, "This (kitchen) is better than the old one."

The shop area is squeaky clean. Students enter through one door, follow the food line and enter out a second door.

"You just can't see the end of the line," said one staffer.

Before lunch, the room is home to a Driver's Education class and as soon as lunch is over, the tables are wiped down and the room becomes home to one of Larry Caldwell's classes.

The cafeteria served about 150 hot lunches today. The menu featured barbecues.

When students get into the routine of the new school year the cafeteria will serve between 230 and 250 students.

The newspaper called early Monday morning to see how things are going with the back of the school hacked off to accommodate new construction. "It's CRAZY!" said one office employee.