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School district restores meal charging limit, says no student will go hungry
Summary
After a year of unrestricted meal charging that produced nearly $80,000 in student meal debt, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District administration announced a return to a limited charging procedure, new communications and donation options, and supports to avoid students going without meals.
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District officials told the school board on Aug. 19 they are returning to a limited meal-charging procedure after last year's temporary leniency led to nearly $80,000 in unpaid student meal balances. Superintendent Dr. Meinert said the district will allow students to charge up to five days of breakfast and lunch; after that threshold schools will provide alternative meals through food pantries or donations and work discreetly with families so students are not publicly singled out. The district framed the change as a fiscal necessity and a student-support issue, not discipline. Dr. Meinert told the board that the nutrition services program historically runs an annual shortfall that the…
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