CONWAY — For the first time in 95 years, the Conway School District will privatize its food service for the 2018-19 school year. The Conway School Board voted 6-0 (Randy Davison was absent) not to renew the contracts of 12 employees and to authorize Superintendent Kevin Richard to enter into negotiations with Cafe Service’s Fresh Picks, a Manchester-based food service provider.
Board members contend the switch is a necessary one. The district with its five schools — Kennett High, Kennett Middle, John H. Fuller, Pine Tree and Conway Elementary — has operated at a loss of $200,000 for each of the past two years and was projected to lose that amount in the 2018-19 school year. By going to Fresh Picks, the district has been told it will run a deficit of not more than $89,938.
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