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School board debates covering student meal debt as staff outline outreach and collection limits
Summary
Board members pressed staff about roughly $250,000 in student meal debt and whether taxpayer funds should cover it; staff described pilots with principals, communication improvements, legal constraints on collections, and plans to target assistance and community partnerships.
Board members at the Feb. 17 budget workshop questioned whether the division should use operating funds to cover student meal debt and how best to limit its growth. "At a time when we're evaluating the budget...does a quarter of $1,000,000 mean anything?" Mr. Cowan asked, referencing the roughly $250,000 balance presented to the board.
Staff described a multi-part strategy to address meal debt that focuses on…
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