by Cathy St. Clair
News Editor 
  Buchanan County School Board members agreed Monday night to make correcting a problem with roaches at Twin Valley High School a top priority and authorized the superintendent to take any action needed to rid the school of roaches.
  Several parents were in attendance at the meeting to complain about the problem and the fact that the cafeteria has been closed for three weeks. In the interim, students have been fed sandwiches prepared in the Home Economics suite and chips.
  Superintendent Tommy P. Justus said Tuesday morning that plans were already being made to cater hot meals from Twin Valley Elementary-Middle School to the high school beginning Monday if the cafeteria is not able to be reopened prior to that time. It remained closed Tuesday.
  Elizabeth Bennett complained the sandwiches students have been fed the past three weeks were not the same as a hot meal and questioned whether a sandwich three weeks in a row met school lunch standards. She also complained that students were being charged extra if they wanted a second sandwich; alleged that some didn't get sandwiches when there were not enough made and were given multiple bags of chips and a dessert instead; and she said she had been stopped from bringing lunch in from a restaurant for her child.
  Food Services Supervisor Hugh Elswick said students were not receiving a hot meal since the kitchen area was closed to fight the roach problem.
  "We are struggling to meet meal requirements," Elswick said. "We are only allowed to give pre-processed meals."
  "A dry sandwich and pop tarts is not an adequate meal for students," Bennett alleged.
  Elswick noted that normal school policy does not allow outside foods to be brought in at serving time, but he said there had been an agreement that policy could be altered some in the current situation.
  A man in the audience asked why the school system could not bring in food from a restaurant for students.
  Elswick said school officials were looking at ways to bring in hot meals in the event the cafeteria closure continues.
  A question was raised as to how a school reunion could have been held at the school this weekend with meals for 200 served when the cafeteria was closed. It was later noted the meals brought in were not prepared on site, although Bennett alleged she had heard differently.
  Bennett also complained that people were being told roaches were only in the kitchen, but she said others had seen them in different areas of the building as well.
  She also questioned why if the school system had known there was a problem since July, it was only now being addressed.
  Justus noted that the school system's pest control company, Leo's, was made aware roaches had been seen in July and Maintenance Supervisor Gerald Collins noted that the school system immediately began initiation of the steps called for in its integrated pest management program.