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Pulaski board raises meal prices 25¢, approves $25.26 student fee and ends $2 online transaction charge
Summary
Pulaski trustees approved a 25¢ across-the-board increase to school meal prices, a proposed $25.26 student fee, and removal of a $2 online payment fee effective July 1 to comply with upcoming federal rules and to offset rising food and staffing costs.
The Pulaski Community School District board voted unanimously to raise meal prices by 25¢ and to approve a $25.26 student fee at its regular meeting, and the district announced it will stop charging a $2 online transaction fee beginning July 1.
Mark, the district's finance lead, told trustees the quarter-cent-per-meal increase is intended "just to offset the cost" of rising food and staffing expenses and to avoid larger increases later. "We're all pretty much in the same ... ballpark for the prices," he…
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