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Coventry schools consider full-meal vending machines to boost participation; staff to return with financing and survey results
Summary
The school committee heard a detailed presentation from a Sodexo representative about full-meal vending machines that integrate with the district’s Mosaic point-of-sale system. The committee asked for lease terms, student-interest surveys and analysis of effects on Sodexo’s contract before deciding whether to proceed.
The Coventry School Committee heard a proposal to add full-meal vending machines at Coventry High School as a way to increase student participation in school meal programs and extend meal-service hours without hiring additional staff.
Superintendent Cowart introduced the idea and invited a Sodexo representative to present machine features and projected costs. The vendor described machines that can be configured to serve two rows of breakfast and three rows of lunch, include an elevator mechanism to prevent product damage, are ADA compliant and connect to the district’s Mosaic point-of-sale system so meals…
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