Sentences with phrase «raised school lunch prices»
The board also raised school lunch prices from $ 1.55 to $ 1.75 in grades 1 through 6 and from $ 1.60 to $ 1.80 for grades 7 and 8 to cover the cost of the program.
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Talk turns to healthier food as school board raises breakfast, lunch prices (July 27, 2011): Another story focusing on the balancing act required to make school menus healthier while dealing with rising food and meal costs.
Congratulations, You have now raised the price tax payers must pay for ground beef for the National School Lunch Program.
Most raise their prices for kids who can pay, according to research by the nonprofit School Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were avaiSchool Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were avaischool districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were available.
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing — especially when it results in a stealthy government formula for raising lunch prices at the nation's schools that will cause hundreds of thousands of children — perhaps millions — to abandon the program.
It also confirms what I originally suspected: The government can't really know what will happen to participation in the lunch program if schools raise prices.
In the last two or three years, a cutback in the commodity program has forced many northern Illinois school districts to raise lunch prices, says Cinnamon.
The cost of complying with new federal meal guidelines that call for more fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, and less salt, may well force cash - strapped schools to raise the price of lunch and breakfast.
At a minimum, Chicago - area school lunch providers say they probably would have to raise prices or lower quality, which would discourage countless children from eating lunch.
At the start of the 2012 — 2013 school year, the district raised the price of elementary school lunches by 65 cents to $ 2, although it could have raised the price incrementally over several years instead.