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Board approves FY26 food service budget; staff warn fund balance will be drawn down to expand summer and after-school meal programs
Summary
Board approves the FY25–26 food service budget and expansion of summer mobile meal sites, while staff warned the food service fund balance will be used and projected deficits could require future action if revenues do not grow.
The Queen Anne's County Board of Education on June 18 approved the FY25–26 food service budget and heard staff presentations on a first-year, locally run food service operation and an expanded summer feeding program.
Julie Hickey, coordinator of food services, described program changes in the first year of local operations: nearly 725,000 meals served this school year (breakfast and lunch), four schools participating in Maryland Meals for Achievement (breakfast in the classroom) with roughly 60% breakfast participation at those schools, partnerships with three local vendors, reduced packaging, and new mobile summer meal sites that will…
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