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Jordan district votes to raise school meal prices and align staffing to curb rising losses
Summary
Faced with declining federal/state reimbursements and projected operating losses, the Jordan School District board unanimously approved modest meal price increases and authorized staffing adjustments tied to district staffing patterns to slow drawdown of the nutrition fund.
Jordan School District officials told the board on April 14 that the child nutrition fund is facing multi‑million‑dollar projected losses and recommended modest, incremental price increases paired with staffing realignment.
"Our best case scenario as a loss is $3.1 million. Worst case scenario is $8.3 million and our current best guess is 6.4," Scott, child nutrition staff, told the board when summarizing projected year‑end shortfalls.
Nutrition staff proposed targeted increases: elementary breakfast and lunch up $0.25 each; secondary breakfast and lunch up…
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