The 129 College District Board of West Aurora just lately voted unanimously to resume the meals service contract with Organiclife, primarily based in Chicago, for the 2025-26 faculty yr.
Organiclife has been the meals service supplier of the district over the last six years.
The brand new contract with Organiclife has a rise in the price of three.6% primarily based on the patron worth index, mentioned Angie Smith, the related superintendent of the West Aurora faculty district.
West Aurora college students obtain free breakfast and lunch. Nevertheless, they pay the articles of A Cart within the cafeteria. These costs should not going up, Smith mentioned.
“All college students in our district obtain a free breakfast and lunch on daily basis, since we’re coated by the eligibility provision of the Nationwide College Lunch Program. College students solely pay for articles of the letter or second meals and we aren’t growing these costs,” mentioned Smith.
On the whole, the district is glad with its meals service supplier, he mentioned.
“Organiclife is an unimaginable companion who continues to search for methods to raised help our college students. For instance, this yr we meet with teams of scholars and obtain some feedback on the rise in consciousness and the provision of vegetation primarily based choices. On the main stage, we now have examined the provide of sizzling breakfast articles as a part of our menu and we’ll see all buildings subsequent yr,” mentioned Smith.
“We welcome feedback and natural life has at all times responded and supplied choices and options for our college students,” he mentioned.
Linda Girardi is an unbiased reporter for Beacon-Information.