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School committee approves $221,957 transfer from food services to town; director cites cost controls
Summary
The committee approved a fiscal-year-end transfer of $221,957.35 from the district’s food-service revolving account to the town. Food-service director Dustin O’Brien said commodity-processing changes and staffing improvements helped control food costs, though grants and federal reimbursement uncertainty remain concerns.
The Wakefield School Committee on Tuesday approved a transfer of $221,957.35 from the district’s food-service revolving fund to the town, a year-end accounting action administrators said the program can afford this fiscal year.
Food-service Director Dustin O’Brien told the committee the program exceeded half a million meals for the second consecutive year and reduced food costs largely by increasing commodity-processing usage and…
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