School lunch prices rise a quarter to offset costs
School trustees voted unanimously during their July 26 meeting to increase the fee for school lunches by 25 cents. The new price for all full-paid lunches this year will be $2 for all elementary school students, and $2.25 for middle and high school students.
The board had first discussed the increase on July 8, after learning that the revenue from those meals falls short of expenses by $170,000…