A student checks out his lunch Tuesday afternoon at Grant Elementary. Grant serves the most students in Ephrata School District, from the smallest kitchen, according to Food Service Director Alain Black.
March 25, 2026
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March 27, 2026 3 a.m.
Behind the line
Grant Elementary’s food service team fuels learning one meal at a time
EPHRATA — By 10:45 a.m., the kitchen at Grant Elementary is already busy. Trays clatter, ovens hum and the first-graders begin filing through the lunch line. From that moment on, the pace barely slows.