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Board authorizes superintendent to negotiate food-service agreement with Marlboro schools
Summary
The board authorized the superintendent to negotiate and, if acceptable, enter an interschool food-service agreement under which RHAM would oversee Marlboro’s food service as an additional site, with terms to address capital improvements, site maintenance, and revenue sharing.
Regional School District 08’s board on March 11 authorized the superintendent to negotiate terms for an interschool food-service agreement with Marlboro Public Schools and to enter the agreement if terms are acceptable.
Administration described the arrangement as treating Marlboro as an additional site under RHAM’s existing food-service management contract. The superintendent said RHAM would serve as the determining official for state program eligibility, manage state reporting and student eligibility data, and oversee contract compliance at Marlboro as it does at RHAM’s own sites.
Key negotiation points: administration said the negotiations will need to address how sales revenue and program fees are shared, responsibility for capital improvements at the site, and which district covers deficiencies if food-service accounts fall short. “We would be treated as a normal regular K–12 district basically,” administration said, describing the operational approach in joint management.
Board action: the board voted to authorize the superintendent to negotiate the terms of the interschool agreement and to enter into an agreement with Marlboro Public Schools if acceptable to both parties. The motion was seconded and recorded as carried in the meeting transcript; the meeting packet shows the administration will return with negotiated terms once discussions conclude.
Next steps: the superintendent will negotiate terms with Marlboro leadership and return to the board with the final agreement for approval.
