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Why teachers still pay for lunch: district cites federal program rules
Summary
During the town hall, Finance Director Kevin Robinson explained staff must pay for meals because federal nutrition-fund rules that finance the student program do not allow the district to provide free staff meals under the current funding arrangement.
A parent asked why teachers and staff must pay for lunch while students receive free meals. Finance Director Kevin Robinson said the limitation is a federal funding requirement tied to the program and not a district preference. "The fact that the students have free lunch and staff they do not have free lunch is really driven by the government... the our program is funded through federal funds. And so when you get their money you play by their rules," Robinson said.
Robinson said that while the district would like to feed staff in an ideal world, the rules governing federal funds make that impracticable, and the district instead encourages staff to try new menu items at lower cost when available and to model menu choices for students.
