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Board approves potential lunch price increases amid split trustee votes and community objections
Summary
Trustees voted to raise student meal prices effective Oct. 1 if the State does not extend free meals; administrators said the raise aligns with USDA paid‑meal equity guidance and projected deficits if participation falls, while several trustees and parents warned of the financial burden on families mid‑year.
The Hartland Consolidated Schools Board of Education voted on Sept. 15 to adopt proposed increases to student lunch prices that would take effect Oct. 1 if the state does not continue universal free school meals in its budget.
Administration said the district cannot be certain whether the state budget will continue to cover universal free meals past Sept. 30. Food service officials presented a budget projection showing that without…
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