The seemingly 20-foot line stretched to the cafeteria entrance doors as students waited for their hard-earned chocolate cake, pizza slice or dumplings. On the other side of the counter, food service assistant Norrol Smith hovered above the steam wells, quickly scooping fried rice into paper boats as students picked them up and placed them on their trays. “I’ve got my nose in a steam well, trying to dish out food as fast as I can,” Smith said. “There’s a lot of times I don’t get to say ‘Hi’ to some people or see them, even. It can be very hectic.” Two days earlier, head of the kitchen bakery Kristina Santa Maria, converted a one-cake recipe provided by the school district to make five chocolate cakes. Combining the ingredients that kitchen manager Connie Sprague-Stiers had ordered a week earlier, Santa Maria made the batter and baked them for an hour.  To read more, click the link in bio. #storybygracepei #socialmediabybellabroce #photobywillgriffith