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Supply chain issues, shortages alter Vancouver school menus

Last-minute substitutions are frequent as demand exceeds supplies

By , Columbian staff writer
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Second-grader Selena Torres enjoys a lunch of chicken, mashed potatoes and corn at Ogden Elementary School on Wednesday morning. Students at Ogden are fed by grade level in 20-minute segments between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day.
Second-grader Selena Torres enjoys a lunch of chicken, mashed potatoes and corn at Ogden Elementary School on Wednesday morning. Students at Ogden are fed by grade level in 20-minute segments between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

In Vancouver Public Schools, cafeteria managers and food distributors are caught between a rock and a hard place.

Since the start of the 2021-22 school year, inconsistencies with distributors and unexpected shortages have led to last-minute menu changes and adjustments in standards on a regional level.

Those shortages are happening even as a temporary program from the U.S.

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