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Ellsworth board awards food service contract to OPAA! and approves small meal price increases
Summary
The Ellsworth USD 327 Board of Education approved a new food service contract with OPAA! and approved modest student and adult meal price increases (student meals +$0.10; adult breakfast +$0.10; adult lunch +$0.25; extra milk +$0.10). The contract and fee changes passed unanimously.
Ellsworth USD 327’s Board of Education voted unanimously May 12 to award the district’s school food service contract to OPAA! and to raise several meal prices by modest amounts.
The board received two bids for food service and approved the contract with OPAA! on a 7-0 vote after board discussion of the proposals. District staff presented the procurement outcome but did not record further public debate in the minutes.
During the same meeting district staff proposed small increases to meal charges to take effect with the upcoming school year. The board approved the changes on a 7-0 vote: student meals will increase by $0.10; adult breakfast by $0.10; adult lunch by $0.25; and extra milk by $0.10.
Board members who made and seconded the motions were recorded in the minutes; the votes were unanimous. The district’s meetings did not include detailed line-item projections in the public minutes for the contract’s value or expected district cost/savings. The board has scheduled implementation steps through the food service vendor and district staff to manage the transition for the 2025–26 school year.
The contract award and fee changes are administrative decisions the board authorized during its May meeting; the district did not record additional public comment about the vendor selection or the projected budgetary impact in the minutes.
