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School board hears food‑services fund update as district spends down excess balance

Manassas City Public Schools School Board · March 18, 2026
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Food‑services staff told the board that FY25 closed with a reported excess that triggered a spending plan; the district spent on replacing serving lines at Mets Middle School (project cost stated in the meeting at $470,000) and launched new revenue activities such as ice‑cream sales to manage year‑to‑date results.

The Manassas City Public Schools board received an update on the district’s food service fund, where staff said a required annual financial analysis showed the division exceeded the three‑month operating balance threshold and therefore prepared a spending plan.

Marvin Ramirez, introduced as the division’s culinary operations specialist (filling in for the regular director), told the board that “for FY25 we ended with a net profit of 798,000,” and that the vendor and state reporting formula showed a balance equivalent to roughly 3.36 months of operating expenses — above…

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