OWENSVILLE — It’s parent-teacher conferences again at Gasconade County R-2, and this time it came with a new, although very temporary, food option in town. A Chick-fil-A food truck from Jefferson City was at the school for one evening and the money from that will be donated to the district’s special services department.

The conferences took place on Oct. 28-29, throughout the day. All students and staff were on Friday, as is usual during the week of parent-teacher conferences, said Owensville High School Principal Kris Altemeyer.

Tami Bobbitt and Robin Tyree of the R-2 special services department helped to bring the food truck to town for the event. Tyree said all it took was a simple call to the owner of the Chick-fil-A franchise to set things up. She hopes it’s a collaboration that can happen more often.

Mayor Kevin McFadden, his wife and mother-in-law were in line waiting for food on Wednesday. They were taking bags of food to eat with his father-in-law, Manny Medeiros, who loves Chick-fil-A but is in a retirement home now. McFadden said it was a surprise they expected him to be very excited to receive.

Just over at the Owensville Elementary School, conferences were kicking off on Wednesday, as well. All the lost and found items were folded and neatly laid out on a table, banking on the fact that parents would likely recognize their kids’ lost clothing.

Parents and Teachers Together had a table set up at the entrance where they were giving free t-shirts to the kids.