The Lubbock Independent School District has not had a price increase in school meals for five years, but the Board of Trustees will consider a 5-cent increase for breakfast and lunch at all school cafeterias during a Thursday meeting.
Superintendent Karen Garza said the increase is a requirement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which funds the school district’s food service program.
The food program is highly regulated by the government, and there are many rules and requirements attached to it, such as the fat content of food and the size of portions, among many other things, Garza said.
Taxpayer money is not used for the food program, she said.
Garza said there is a possibility the administration could make a recommendation to the school board Thursday about the hiring of a new LISD police chief.
“We have been actively interviewing and have some great candidates,” she said.
Administrators will interview another candidate today, she said.
The position has been vacant since the March 11 resignation of Mark Hinshaw, who had been on administrative leave following a Feb. 16 disturbance with an ex-girlfriend at a local business.
Hinshaw was hired in June.
The school board will consider bids for replacement of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning units at Bayless, Harwell, Brown, Hardwick, Maedgen and Stewart elementary schools and Irons Middle School.
The board will also include design work for replacing parking lots at Wheelock Elementary and Irons, according to school board President James Arnold.
The HVAC units and parking lot replacements are part of the $198 million school bond package passed by voters in November.
The board also will be receiving a presentation on “Talk About It,” a program where students can anonymously report bullying or other things that are concerning them.
“It’s a place where they can reach out and get some support and help. And it’s anonymous,” Garza said.
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Add commentLunch Money Math
First the announcement to close campuses at lunch + then the announcement of raising prices for lunch at those campuses = stealing more lunch money from parents who don't qualify for free lunches. Bowling for Soup is right - High school never ends. Yeah it's only a nickel a day, but I want my Nickelback.
Maybe the board and admin should actually eat what is being served before they decide to raise the cost.
Thank you, LISD!
My neighbor's daughter says there's no salt in any of the food they serve and they're not allowed to ask for any salt shakers. She says there's only fruit for dessert. While that may be okay for the morbidly obese, do we want our children eating plain oatmeal for lunch everyday? The schools don't care how it tastes, just if all the portion amounts and calories are met within the cost. No wonder they sell all those chips and cookies (for a profit!). When they have the kids locked in the high school cafeterias next year, I wonder if we'll ever really know how much "goodies" money will be made. Hmm...
Oh yeah, by the way, "taxpayer money isn't used for the food program" Garza says. Bull. I guess magical unicorns wave their sparkly hoofs to create the federal funds. Most kids in LISD are on free lunch and that comes from federal, taxpayer-generated, funds (that's you and me). The kids throw away the tasteless food that the USDA mandates and buy chips and cookies at inflated prices. Wow, that's a great way to NOT fix childhood obesity, waste our federal tax money, and generate secret funds through our school cafeterias! Thank you, LISD!