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Board approves $200 monthly perfect-attendance stipend for food service workers
Summary
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board approved a stipend program named FEAST that will provide $200 per month (up to $2,000 annually) to full-time school food service employees with perfect monthly attendance, funded from school food service funds.
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board on July 15 approved an amendment to the 2025 salary schedule to add a perfect-attendance stipend for school food service workers. The program, promoted as FEAST (Food Service Employees Achieving Strong Attendance Together), awards $200 for each calendar month from August through May to full-time food service employees who record perfect attendance, not to exceed $2,000 per year. The stipend will be paid from school food service funds; the board clarified the stipend is separate from base salary. Board members asked whether production managers and cafeteria managers were eligible; administration confirmed they are included. The board moved, seconded and approved the change during the meeting; voting was recorded as carried.
