Ridgway School District Food Services Manager Denean Colby smiles and visits with staff members and students as she helps serve orange chicken during lunchtime on March 13. Colby and her staff, including Jordan Zachary and Logan Gibson, have prioritized scratch cooking for the school lunches. The number of school lunch participants has increased since the changes, and Colby said she typically makes about 20 extra servings in case staff wants to purchase the leftovers or visitors to the school want to come eat lunch for $5. To see the school lunch menu visit ridgway.k12.co.us, and for more information about visiting the school for lunch call 970626-4320. Erin McIntyre — Ouray County Plaindealer
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Reimagining school lunch
Forget the box cutter and microwave — Denean Colby insists on cooking from scratch in the school kitchen. And Ridgway students are eating it up
Denean Colby arrives for work at Ridgway Secondary School at 6 in the morning, long before other staff members begin to trickle in. She makes the bread first. While it is baking, she prepares the main meal.
