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Emmett district proposes meal-price increases as reimbursements fall short
Summary
District food-service staff told the board they plan to raise student and adult meal prices (elementary $2.75; secondary $3.15; adult lunch $5) to meet USDA paid-lunch-equity targets and to cover rising food and nonpayment costs; unpaid balances total about $17,000.
Speaker 5, food-service director for the district, presented a required public hearing explaining proposed meal-price increases and the USDA paid-lunch-equity (PLE) calculations that guide those changes. ‘‘Every year that marker changes, because every year the reimbursement for free meals changes,’’ Speaker 5 said, describing the PLE tool that sets a weighted target toward the free reimbursement rate.
Speaker 5 told the board the district plans modest increases this year — elementary lunch to $2.75 and secondary lunch to $3.15, with adult lunches rising…
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