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Rapid City committee approves $25,000 matching challenge to help school lunch deficit
Summary
The Legal & Finance Committee approved a $25,000 challenge fund from council contingency to match donations to the Rapid City School Foundation’s Fed and Ready to Learn program, with the matching period set for Aug. 5–Nov. 30, 2024. School nutrition staff said the district now carries a roughly $114,000 negative meal-account balance.
The Rapid City Legal & Finance Committee voted Aug. 14 to establish a challenge fund of up to $25,000 from the council contingency to match community donations to the Rapid City School Foundation’s Fed and Ready to Learn School Lunch Deficit Reduction Program. The committee set the matching period to run from Aug. 5 through Nov. 30, 2024, and approved the measure by voice vote.
Krista Leichner, student nutrition manager at Rapid City Area Schools, told the committee the district feeds all students the same lunch regardless of…
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