Lunches increase in Southeastern Greene
MAPLETOWN – Southeastern Greene School Board took care of some last-minute business this week in preparation for the new school year that begins Monday.
The board approved a rate increase for school lunches. The cost of lunch jumped 10 cents, from $1.60 to $1.70 in the elementary school, and from $1.75 to $1.85 in the high school. As mandated by the federal Paid Lunch Equity requirement, school districts with meal prices under $2.59 – which includes Southeastern Greene School District – must raise prices until it is equal to the reimbursement rate.
School districts across the U.S. must raise rates to comply with a formula that ensures average school lunch prices aren’t below what the federal government pays in reimbursements to subsidize meals bought by students receiving free and reduced-price lunches.
The mandate is in place to ensure that schools using federal funds to subsidize meals for students receiving free and reduced-price lunches are not subsidizing regular-paying student lunches.
Under personnel related matters, the board:
• Accepted the resignation of Deborah Allen as a cafeteria worker.
• Hired Samantha Clark as an LPN at $17.50 per hour.
• Hired Lee England to provide security services at $17 per hour.
• Hired Beth Salosky as a classroom aide and Kate McCullum as a high school English/social studies teacher.