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Weare School Board approves new food-service prices as district weighs use of fund balance to cover shortfall
Summary
The Weare School Board voted to accept recommended food-service prices from contractor Fresh Picks after hearing that the program will run a projected net loss next year and that the district may subsidize it from the food-service fund balance until that balance is exhausted.
The Weare School District School Board on June 17 approved recommended food-service price changes proposed by its contractor, Fresh Picks, after staff told the board the meal program will not break even next year and will require a subsidy.
Board members heard that Fresh Picks projects the food-service operation will cost about $422,025 next year with a projected net loss of about $25,008 and that rising food and personnel costs — plus the end of short-term USDA pandemic-era grants — are the primary drivers of the shortfall. The board voted to accept the contractor’s recommended price change, which chiefly increases elementary breakfast prices, and to continue using the…
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