More variety and healthier choices for students are expected from food service operators starting in the next academic year in Barrington Area Unit District 220.
At Barrington High School, a new food provider recommended by top District 220 administrators could mean a coffee bar and menu options possibly including beef roasted on the premises, sushi and bubble tea in 2019-20.
District 220’s assistant superintendent of business services, David Bein, said getting away from prepared food in favor of higher quality and fresh offerings for school lunches will allow students to have “the right kind of fuel for learning.”
“There is research that connects students who are not hungry and who are well fed to higher academic achievement, better student growth,” Bein said at a District 220 board session this week.
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