FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Students at Fort Worth ISD can expect more variety and better food choices this school year.
Just a few days before the start of the new school year, students, teachers and staff from Fort Worth ISD’s Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School got to sample of the types of new food items they can expect in the cafeteria in the coming months.
The District’s new food service provider, SodexoMAGIC, plans a wide-variety of innovative and nutritious “crowd pleasing” food concepts aimed at engaging and satisfying students and staff who patronize school cafeterias across the District on a daily basis. It’s all fresh, made daily and not pre-packaged or frozen. “We have 100% beef burgers, pizza baked in house everyday, multiple from scratch items, fresh vegetables,” said Leonor Wilford Executive Chef.
Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School will also have food trucks available as early as November and plans to expand the cafeteria by next Fall.
The Fort Worth ISD operates 129 kitchens, employing well over 900 workers. Last school year the District served 5.4 million breakfast meals and 9.8 million lunch meals. Across the District 96 schools qualify for the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) which results in all students in those schools, regardless of financial background, being eligible for meals at no cost.
Okay I never thought I would say this but…this cafeteria food is REALLY good! Sadexo is now serving food with @FortWorthISD and they make all their food FRESH and onsite. Students at Diamond Hill Jarvis return Monday. They’re in for a treat! @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/Teeyjdc3vn
— Katrina Boonzaier (@katrinaboonz) August 14, 2019
