EVANSTON, Ill.—District 65 parents voiced heated opposition Thursday night to a proposed district policy that would require all food served at school events to be commercially prepared.
The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board and parents have been working to craft safety guidelines for food and beverages available on school campuses after receiving a request last March from the Evanston Health Department to develop a more concrete policy on how to safely harvest and serve produce from school gardens. Based on existing food regulations from the Illinois Department of Public Health, the proposed policy would ban schools from serving locally prepared foods at school or school-sponsored events.