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Food service director highlights menu changes; board approves 2025–26 lunch prices
Summary
Food Service Director Susan Martinic reported staff additions, nutrition-standard updates and community partnerships and announced continued free breakfast and lunch through 2025–26. The board approved 2025–26 lunch prices and adopted a National School Lunch Week resolution.
Food Service Director Susan Martinic summarized changes to the district meal program and said the district will continue free breakfast and lunch for all students through the 2025–26 school year. Superintendent Adam Bowen commended Martinic’s work and the expanded cafeteria teams; Martinic noted five new hires and ongoing staff training.
The board approved new lunch prices for 2025–26 after the recommendation from the superintendent and Food Service Director. Approved prices are: Elementary student lunch $3.70; Middle/High student lunch $4.00; Elementary adult lunch $5.15; Middle/High adult lunch $5.50. The motion to set prices was moved by Vanessa Thun, seconded by Jennifer Summers and passed with all ayes. The board also adopted a resolution recognizing National School Lunch Week, Oct. 13–17, 2025.
Martinic described operational and nutritional changes including menu work to reduce added sugars and sodium, allergy-management procedures with detailed menu tracking, and community partnerships such as Count Day cooperation with Roma’s Pizzeria and snack distribution to Flowers Learning Center. Those program changes accompany the continuation of universal free meals through 2025–26, which the district presented as a way to increase student access to nutritious meals.
