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SNA announces national award winners

Robert Rolfe of Henderson County Schools in North Carolina named National Director of the Year while Catering Manager Sharon Owensby of Lee’s Summit High School in Missouri won the National Manager of the Year Award and Stephanie Sheley, cook at Holmen High School in Wisconsin, earned the National Employee of the Year Award. Read more>>