Annandale board approves 2025–26 lunch prices, handbooks, facilities plan and multiple personnel actions

The Annandale Public School District board on Monday approved the district's lunch prices and fees for the 2025–26 school year, adopted the district's long-term facilities maintenance (LTFM) 10-year plan and approved a set of routine personnel and policy items.

Board action centered on several routine but required items. The board approved updated meal charges after district staff said pending state bills that might have changed the free-lunch program did not pass; the district must now charge the same amount for extra entrees and extra milk across student and adult purchases. The board also approved the LTFM plan required by the state, which lists planned projects including HVAC repairs, roof work, a new track and a dust-collection system for the high school CTE (woods) class, and a dehumidification and cooling system tied to indoor air-quality needs.

The approvals occurred with little debate. The board unanimously carried motions to adopt the student handbooks for elementary, middle and high school; to adopt the athletics and activities handbook; to accept donations; and to approve three replacement teacher contracts at the middle school and three 2025–26 work assignments (a health assistant, a custodian and a paraprofessional). The board also approved six policies in the review cycle, noting that the Uniform Grant Guidance policy had multiple highlighted changes.

On enrollment and staffing, a district staff member reported that current enrollment stood at 1,948 students, an increase…