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Fulton County School Nutrition proposes 25¢ meal price increase as program faces $5.7M shortfall
Summary
School nutrition staff told the board that FY26 forecasts show a $5.7 million budget shortfall driven by lower federal support and decreased participation, and proposed a 25¢ increase for breakfast and lunch for students and adults to help close the gap.
Alicia Wright, the district’s executive director of school nutrition, told the Fulton County Board of Education on April 17 that the School Nutrition Program faces a projected FY26 shortfall of $5,700,000 and is proposing a 25¢ increase for breakfast and lunch for students and adults to help balance the program’s budget.
Wright said the program operates 95 commercial kitchens and provides about 13 million meals annually. She told the board that available resources in the FY26 forecast include $49,000,000…
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