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Food service sees higher participation; district may qualify for extended free-meal program
Summary
District staff reported increased meal participation and early free-and-reduced application numbers that may qualify the district for additional years of free meal program eligibility, backed by meal-count data.
Superintendent Jerrad Jeske reported during his Sept. 23 update that Food Service lead Danita Shaw is collecting free‑and‑reduced applications and that early figures indicate the district is projected to qualify next year for an additional two years of the federal/state free meal program; after qualifying for a total of four years the district could apply for another four‑year extension.
Jeske also provided meal-count detail: elementary breakfast is "Serving about 200/day" (up 40–60 students), elementary lunch about 320–340/day (up roughly 100 students), high‑school breakfast 40–60/day, and high‑school lunch about 70–80/day. The board heard the counts as part of operational reporting; no formal action was taken on meal programs at the meeting.
