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Aberdeen School Board approves meal-price increase as food-service fund faces $97,000 shortfall
Summary
The Aberdeen School Board approved a proposal that raises student breakfast by $0.10 and increases student lunch and adult meal prices by 50% after food-service staff said the fund faces an approximate $97,000 deficit.
The Aberdeen School Board approved a recommendation to raise meal prices for the 2025–26 school year after food-service staff said the district’s food-service fund remains in deficit.
McCarroll, the food-service presenter, told the board: "This year's proposal includes a 10¢ increase to student breakfast and a 50% increase to student lunch and adult meal prices." The presenter said the change represents an average increase of about 3.6% and estimated the increase would equal about $0.75 per week for a student lunch.
McCarroll also said the food-service fund deficit is expected to be about $97,000 and noted the district provided raises to food-service employees and increased employer health-insurance contributions this year.
Board members asked whether the reduced (free/reduced-price) rate changed (it did not) and whether federal funding levels had been set (federal guidance was not yet released). Several members discussed participation trends since the COVID-era universal-meal programs and noted participation has declined since those programs ended.
On a motion from the floor, the board approved the recommended meal-price changes by voice vote.
What’s next: The district will implement the price change for the 2025–26 school year; federal-level determinations of reduced-rate support remain pending and could affect district finances.
