A former Chicago-area school food service director is paying the price for not paying attention to the school menu. Vera Liddell will spend the next nine years behind bars after pleading guilty to stealing $1.5-million worth of chicken wings over a period of nearly two years. Liddell began placing chicken wing orders with a supplier in July 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. She was caught when a 2023 audit showed food services $300-thousand over budget just midway through the school year and the chicken wing purchases were discovered. The slip up was that Liddell didn’t take into account that wings aren’t on the menu because they have bones.