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Food services director seeks community donations to address student meal debt; board hears $18k–$24k delinquency range
Summary
The district food services director reported roughly $24,000 in cumulative student meal debt that recent donations have reduced to about $18,000, and asked the board to invite community and business partners to help cover balances. The director reminded the board federal rules prohibit denying a meal to a student at point of service.
Gettysburg — Gettysburg Area School District food services staff told the board May 20 that unpaid student meal balances have accumulated and asked the district to invite community donors and local businesses to contribute to a district-managed donation account.
Food services director Jeff Malone (presenter) told the board the department served more than 340,000 meals in the 2024–25 school year and that unpaid student meal debt has grown in recent years. Malone said approximately 1,100 students qualify for free meals (about 38% of the district's students) and roughly 120 students qualify for reduced-price meals, leaving about 45% of all students classified as economically disadvantaged by free/reduced metrics.
Malone said federal Child Nutrition Program rules established under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 prohibit denying a school lunch to a student…
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