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Norwalk schools face roughly $800,000 food‑service revenue shortfall after grant cuts and lower meal counts
Summary
District finance staff told the Finance Committee a combination of reduced grant awards, exhausted reimbursements and lower meal counts could create about an $800,000 revenue shortfall in the Food Services Fund for FY26; city and philanthropic transfers partially offset the gap.
Norwalk School District finance staff told the Board of Education Finance Committee on Nov. 12 that the district now expects about an $800,000 shortfall in the Food Services Fund for FY26 after several anticipated grants were awarded at lower levels and meal participation declined.
CFO Linda Asimani said the district had expected to receive several grants that historically supported school meals but this year received smaller awards. "We applied for 10 schools [for the fresh fruit and vegetable grant], historically we have been funded for 10 schools. This year ... they only approved it for…
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