To the editor:

To the mother worried about missing cookies. You were partially correct when you stated the missing cookies were due to something political. It is our government trying to take on the challenge of making our children healthy. No, the lunch ladies had nothing to do with the withdrawal of cookies from our children’s school menu. We are just trying to do a job. If you feel your child deserves or needs a cookie, by all means give her a cookie.

And as far as the mean lunch ladies go, I can tell you I have personally worked with the majority of the lunch ladies in our district. I can honestly say I have yet to meet a truly mean one. For the most part, we strive to be kind and to make your children feel welcome and at home.

I invite you to go to lunch with your child to see firsthand that this is the case. When you are there, please ask questions about the new “wellness” program being implemented at our schools. I certainly hope that the job that you do, and hopefully love as we do ours, does not have a negative stigma attached to it that you have to work hard to overcome every day.

Kim Dieker,

Lawrence