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Food‑service staff outline strategies after district reports steep midyear shortfall
Summary
Child Nutrition Coordinator Geralyn told the board breakfasts are down nearly 30% and lunches about 16%, pushing the FY26 food‑service shortfall to an estimated $432,000; staff outlined menu changes, grab‑and‑go breakfasts, salad bars, USDA procurement adjustments and payroll efficiencies to reduce the deficit.
Geralyn, the district’s food‑service coordinator, told the school board the district’s school‑meal program is operating with a larger shortfall than the budget approved earlier in the fiscal year.
"The approved budget had a shortfall of $262,000. We are now at $432,000," Geralyn said, describing an additional projected shortfall of roughly $170,000 driven by declines in meal counts, freight costs and processing fees on some USDA purchases.
Geralyn said the district collected about $141,000 in self‑pay meal revenue this year and has roughly $42,000 outstanding on accounts (approximately $3,000 attributable to staff balances that the district is…
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