Board approves Cici's Pizza contract for student meal offerings at $750,000

Broken Arrow Public Schools approved a new agreement with Cici's Pizza to provide pizza to district sites for the next school year at a cost of $750,000 to be paid with child nutrition funds.

Nutrition staff said the vendor meets federal nutrition standards and that next year's menus include reductions in sugar and sodium; whole-grain requirements apply to grains served in district meals. Board members asked whether federal nutrition standards had recently changed; staff said standards do change and that the vendor meets the district's requirements.

Board members also asked whether pizza is sold a la carte; staff confirmed it is available for purchase and, at high school, students may leave campus to buy other food because the high school campus is open. The motion passed by roll call after a motion and second.

No additional procurement contingencies or review requirements were discussed in the meeting transcript.