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Parkway Local board approves cafeteria price increases, requests county certification for renewal levy
Summary
At its July 9 meeting the Parkway Local Board of Education unanimously approved cafeteria lunch price increases for the 2025–26 school year and adopted a resolution asking the county auditor to certify matters related to a proposed renewal tax levy.
The Parkway Local Board of Education voted unanimously July 9 to raise student cafeteria meal prices and to request county certification for a proposed renewal tax levy.
Board members approved the Treasurer’s consent items, including new lunch prices for the coming school year: elementary lunches will cost $2.35, middle school $2.60 and high school $2.70. The consent bundle included approval of minutes and the treasurer’s report. Amanda Peel moved to approve the consent items and Mark Kimmel seconded; the motion carried 5–0.
The board also approved a resolution declaring the necessity of levying a renewal tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation and requested the county auditor to certify matters in connection with that levy. The resolution as presented did not include additional details about the levy’s total millage or a proposed ballot language; those items were described in the agenda attachment rather than read into the record.
Why it matters: the price increases change the per-meal cost charged to students and families, and the renewal levy certification begins a procedural step toward placing a property-tax renewal before voters. The transcript records only the board’s motion and unanimous vote; the levy’s rate, revenue estimate and proposed ballot timing were not specified in the meeting minutes provided.
The board’s next regular meeting is scheduled for Aug. 13, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the Community Room.
