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School lunch prices to increase next year

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Mike Buffington

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Wednesday, May 2. 2012

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The cost of school lunches will increase by at least 25 cents next year in the Barrow County School System. The change is due to new school nutrition guidelines that school systems must meet by 2012-13 set forth by the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, which passed in 2010. Now, student meal prices must equal federal reimbursement funds for free meals. In Barrow County, 57 percent of students are approved for free and reduced meals.

The system expects an average increased revenue of $14,450 from the proposed meal increases, which would jump in elementary schools from $1.25 to $1.50; in middle schools from $1.50 to $1.75; and in high schools from $1.75 to $2.

For the full story, see the May 2 issue of the Barrow Journal.

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#1 Anonymous on 05/02/12 at 10:32 AM [Reply]

Why is the increase 25 cents when the guidelines released last month indicates a 6 cents increase in federal funding for school meals in this new law?

They are padding their budget on the backs of parents or weren't spending what the law requires in our kids meals in the first place.

Either way, its mismanagement at the highest level and that answer to these questions should be made public.

#2 Anonymous on 05/02/12 at 10:44 AM [Reply]

I have a problem with this. My son is one of the last classes to eat, yet all he gets is PB&J because the main course has ran out. Now they want to charge more???

#3 Anonymous on 05/02/12 at 11:02 AM [Reply]

The 57% say thank you!

#4 Anonymous on 05/02/12 at 12:10 PM [Reply]

does this mean the nutrional value of the food will increase or are they just going to charge us more for the crap they serve??

#5 maybe on 05/02/12 at 02:40 PM [Reply]

if the govt got out of this, schools make the kids take stuff they just throw AWAY, SOME IDS DO NOT even want the school lunches, but seems they are forced to take them, seems on average forty percent of fluid milk and juice go from the line of service to the trash can.

#6 Anonie Mouse on 05/02/12 at 03:16 PM [Reply]

Where else can you feed your child a meal for $2.00 or less? It's only an increase of $1.25 per week. I'm sure most of us waste $1.25 each week on something we can do without.

#6.1 Anonymous on 05/02/12 at 05:55 PM [Reply]

This issue is whether the govt match is 6 cents more or 25 cents more.

This is not a program intended to generate extra revenue for the school system.

#7 J Schuch on 05/03/12 at 12:12 PM [Reply]

If you do not like what the school is serving your children at school, then why would you let them eat it? Are you that lazy that you cannot prepare a lunch for them to take that you would feel better about it's nutritional content? If you wouldn't eat the school food then why do you force your child to do so?

#8 anon on 05/03/12 at 07:12 PM [Reply]

57% wow thats quite a bit. Looks like people need to stop breeding and get a jobso they can feed the kids they already have. Pathetic. I am sure foodstamps provide enough food to make your kid a good lunch unless you trade them for drugs, cigarettes or alcohol.

#8.1 Bob on 05/03/12 at 08:11 PM [Reply]

Don't be so high-falutin'. Gwinnett County is at 53%, only four points lower than Barrow.

#9 unfortunatly on 05/04/12 at 03:43 AM [Reply]

some teacher mae the whole class get lunch, so the free and reduced kids dont feel bad for getting free or reduced foods either way even if kids dont want some foods they are made to take all reslting in food being throw away. get rid of the hot lunch program and watch and see only the truely hungry kids will eat cold lunches and we will all save much more. just cause it is cold doesnt mean it is bad

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