Meal prices for McKinney ISD students will increase next school year.

The McKinney ISD board of trustees approved a contract renewal with Aramark Educational Services at a March 23 meeting. The renewed contract includes a price increase for paid breakfast and lunch.

The specifics: The district’s current contract with Aramark Educational Services is for the 2025-26 school year with four, one-year renewal options, per district documents. This renewed contract is the first of the four optional renewals. Paid breakfast and lunch will increase by $0.10 from last year’s prices across all campuses, according to district documents. There will be no change to free and reduced lunch rates.

New meal prices are as follows:

• Breakfast: $1.60
• Lunch at an elementary campus: $3.20
• Lunch at a secondary campus: $3.45

A new health and wellness center called Degree Wellness is now open to the public in north McKinney.

The gist: The center offers a variety of wellness services such as full-body cryotherapy, cold plunge, infrared sauna, red light therapy and IV drips, owner Nicholas Schrapps said.

• 1800 N. Stonebridge Drive, Ste. 105, McKinney

The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Board approved spending an additional $1.2 million to ensure the Rental Car Center renovation is completed ahead of the World Cup.

That was one of four items approved during the March 5 board meeting held at DFW Airport headquarters.

Rental Car Center renovation: James R. Thompson Inc., from Dallas, was awarded the work on the Rental Car Center master renovation for the front of house for all rental car tenants and to replace and upgrade the HVAC systems.

Due to delays associated with the change in market shares of rental car companies, additional resources are required to implement the changes and to accelerate the work, according to board documents.

The first game in Dallas Stadium is the Netherlands vs. Japan on June 14.

Runway rehabilitation: Runway 18L-36R, constructed in 1974 when the airport opened, handles 50% of all departures on the west side of the airport, according to board documents.

An engineering assessment identified the need for rehabilitation for the runaway.

A north Fort Worth data center and multifamily development in Frisco are two of many new projects filed recently with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. Grupo ACS Fort Worth campus data center
A Spanish infrastructure company is constructing a two-story data center in north Fort Worth, according to a TDLR filing. The center will be located on a 77-acre site near Hicks Field Road, according to city documents, and is estimated to be a $2.1 billion investment. Construction for the facility is estimated to take nearly two years.

• Location: Hicks Field Road, Fort Worth
• Estimated timeline: Aug. 6, 2026-May 17, 2028
• Estimated cost: $100 million

Looking to explore food opportunities beyond your community?

Check out the following restaurant news from across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, as previously reported by Community Impact. This list is not comprehensive.

Colleyville: Rings Donuts
The shop offers a variety of doughnuts, including chocolate, glazed, blueberry fritters, doughnut holes, cinnamon rolls and filled doughnuts, according to its website. Customers can also purchase croissants, breakfast sandwiches and kolaches. Available drinks include coffee beverages like lattes, mochas and macchiatos, as well as orange juice, apple juice, energy drinks and tea.

• Opened March 21
• 1101 Cheek-Sparger Road, Ste. 103, Colleyville

• Opened March 3
• 3410 N. I-35, Ste. 130, Denton