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Prior Lake'Savage board approves $0.50 high school lunch increase amid federal, state funding uncertainty
Summary
The school board voted 7'0'0to'''approve raising Prior Lake High School lunch price from $3.25 to $3.75 for 2025'26; administrators outlined federal cuts, pending state bills and program changes that could affect funding for school nutrition.
The Prior Lake'Savage Area Schools board voted unanimously to raise the price of a high school lunch from $3.25 to $3.75 for the 2025'26 school year, citing rising food, labor and operational costs and federal and state funding uncertainty.
"Everything is going up," Director Malone, director of child nutrition, told the board as she requested the increase. The motion to accept the 50'cent increase was made by Director Atkinson and seconded by Director Mason; the motion carried 7'0'0to'''0.
Malone said the increase applies only to high school lunch; breakfast at the high school will remain free, adult meal prices will not change, and the district will not raise other student meal prices at this time. She said high school lunch prices had not changed since the 2017'18 school year and that supply and wage costs have risen substantially since then.
Administrators also briefed the board on federal and state actions affecting school…
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