Local Cafe Serves Up Lunch for Rapid City Area Teachers and Staff

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — School begins in two weeks for Rapid City Area students. Meanwhile, teachers and staff are using this extra time to prepare for whatever this school year brings. That’s why one local cafe is stepping in to provide a warm meal and comfort for people who will soon be on the front lines.

While the halls here at Southwest Middle School look pretty empty right now, teachers are actually hard at work preparing for the school year ahead.

“We’ve been working in our classrooms and trying to get those things ready and we started a new math curriculum this year also. So we’ve been working a lot with training and getting ready with that new math curriculum,” Shannon Bren, 8th grade teacher, said.

Fork Real Cafe is a local restaurant, run by volunteers including Dawn Hatcher. The business is donating more than 1,500 meals for teachers and staff while they are preparing for the upcoming school year.