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District staff propose modest school-meal price increases to cover rising costs
Summary
Staff proposed modest increases to school meal prices at different grade levels to address higher food costs and to meet paid‑lunch‑equity guidance: primary/elementary breakfast +$0.25 and lunch +$0.40; middle/high breakfast +$0.30 and lunch +$0.10. Board received the information item; no vote was recorded.
District staff presented a school‑meal price proposal as an information item, citing rising food costs and a required paid‑lunch‑equity differential between school levels.
Staff recommended raising primary and elementary breakfast by $0.25 and lunch by $0.40. For the middle and high schools, the recommendation was a $0.30 breakfast increase and a $0.10 lunch increase. Staff also noted the paid‑lunch‑equity guidance requires a 30¢ differential between lower and upper grade levels and said the proposed prices would meet that requirement.
The item was listed as informational and there was no board action taken at this meeting; staff presented the memo to the board and answered members’ questions about the reasons for the increases.
