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School Lunch Prices Up This Year
August 13, 2008
The price for your child’s school lunch in North Escambia will be higher this year, unless they are on the free and reduced price program.
Lunch for elementary students that pay regular, full price will jump 20 cents to $2.00. The price of breakfast for elementary students will remain $1.
Breakfast for middle and high school students will be up a nickel to $1.50. The middle and high school lunch price will jump 35 cents to $2.50.
Reduced price breakfast will remain at 30 cents and lunch will stay at 40 cents. The school district can’t raise those prices; they are set by the federal government.
School district officials say the rise in cost for students that don’t qualify for the free and reduced price program is simply due to the rising cost of food. Students that qualified for free and reduced price meals last year must complete an application again this year.
An extra milk at the elementary level will remain at 50 cents.
The price for adult meals, those meals for teachers and staff, will go to $1.80 for breakfast and $3.00 for lunch.
Parents will still be able to prepay online this year at mealpayplus.com.
In case you are wondering, the elementary menu for breakfast on the first day of school…August 18, will be Pop Tart, cheese wedge and mixed fruit. The lunch menu will be cheese pizza or corn dog, corn, mixed vegetables, peaches and a cookie. Day two, August 19, will have breakfast pizza and pears in the morning. For lunch on the second day, the menu includes BBQ chicken sandwich or grilled cheese sandwich, green beans, carrots, fresh fruit and strawberry Jello.
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My family, a military family, has always qualified for free breakfast and lunch when living in housing (no housing allowance). This year, we are eligible for reduced. I was looking for some literature that states income limitations for free and reduced lunches. There were no raises or additional incomes in our household, yet I was told that we are a whole $1000 over the limit for free lunch. Income of military personel only raises 2-3% per year. In our case, that is only $108.59 more than last year. Now we are $1000 over the free lunch limit? I can understand inflation, but it seems everything but our incomes have jumped at least 200%. What happened? Why and when did the decimal move? Could we have been warned? Can I see the true numbers that are used to determine eligibility for free meals? The numbers that are listed on the application is truly not an indicator for what one may or may not be eligible. Is there even such thing as free anymore? How many children actually qualify for free meals? There must be a report somewhere, and I, for one, would like to see it.
Went to the Northview orientation today and was wondering the same thing about the kids nutrition when the guy was talking about a pizza hut line. I hope I can keep mine in the other line, you know, the one with the real food.
Does Anyone know if our school system here is monitored for the nutritional value of the meals. Come on, Pop Tarts for breakfast, and Pizza for lunch?
I WAS WONDERING WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN. ISN’T IT ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY IF OUR KIDS WILL BE QUALIFIED TO RIDE A BUS IN A FEW YEARS. NOW WE HAVE TO WONDER IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD LUNCH AND SNACK. MY FAMILY “MAKES TOO MUCH” FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCHES, BUT IT’S NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, JUST THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN THE HOUSE PERIOD.