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Upper Dublin food service details finances, menus and local procurement; no price increase planned for 2026
Summary
Food service director Kristen Deli updated the Finance Committee on school meal operations, local procurement initiatives, participation trends, federal and state reimbursements and a proposed five‑year capital plan, saying the department will not recommend increasing student meal prices for the 2026 school year.
Kristen Deli, director of food services for Upper Dublin School District, told the Finance Committee on Feb. 19 that the district’s food service program operates under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs and that the department is managed as an enterprise fund separate from the district’s general fund.
Deli said the department runs like a business, follows USDA nutrition and procurement rules, completes a PDE procurement review every three years and a comprehensive administrative review every five years, and uses federal commodity entitlement to buy products such as frozen broccoli or bulk cheese. “All food service operations conducted by our department are principally for the benefit of school children and all the revenue from which we use, which is used solely for the operation or improvement of food services,” Deli said.
The presentation summarized recent program initiatives: a welcome video to help…
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