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Subject:
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Approval to Increase Paid Lunch Price |
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Vision 2026:
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Operational Excellence Strategies 2 Maintain strong fiscal health of the organization.
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Background:
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Regulations require Districts participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to ensure sufficient funds are provided to the nonprofit school food service account for meals served to students not eligible for free or reduced-price meals. One way to meet this requirement is through prices charged for paid meals. The purpose of this requirement, Paid Lunch Equity (PLE), is to increase paid meal prices to be more equal with funds brought in from free and reduced-price meal reimbursements. |
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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In order to comply with the PLE requirement for the NSLP, the District needs to increase the paid lunch price from $3.15 to $3.25 for the 2023-24 school year. By remaining on NSLP, it is expected that paid lunch prices will increase each year. While the price charged for a paid breakfast is not tied to the PLE requirement, we reviewed this price and determined it is reasonable to increase paid breakfast price from $1.25 to $1.50.
We will be entering the final year of a 5-year contract with Organic Life for the 2023-24 school year. This will require us to conduct a new procurement for a food service management contract for the 2024-25 school year. This process will begin in August and will include discussions around the structure of the procurement and whether we choose to remove the high schools from the NSLP. |
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Funding:
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Recommendation
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It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the increase in the paid lunch price to $3.25 and the paid breakfast price to $1.50 for the 2023-24 school year. |
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Approvals:
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Recommended By: |
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Signed By: |
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Lisa Maher - Dir of Business Services |
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Signed By: |
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Brian O'Keeffe - Asst Superintendent Business Services |
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Signed By: |
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Jeff Schuler - Superintendent |
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Brad Paulsen Moved, Member Julie Kulovits seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the increase in the paid lunch price to $3.25 and the paid breakfast price to $1.50 for the 2023-24 school year.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 7 - 0 | | | | | Brad Paulsen | Yes | | Rob Hanlon | Yes | | Dave Long | Yes | | Angela Blatner | Yes | | Julie Kulovits | Yes | | Erik Hjerpe | Yes | | John Rutledge | Yes | |
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