Public Meeting Agenda: March 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Resource Management & Business Operations Committee Meeting

1. Food Service

1.A. Sodexo Update

1.B. 2019-2020 School Lunch Prices

Rationale:

*Raising student lunch prices a modest amount (5 cents) at all schools. Elementary will be
$2.95 insuring that the district meets the minimum required Paid Lunch Equity by the USDA and Middle School and High School will be $3.30. All student lunch prices include milk.
*Leaving all student school breakfast prices at $2.30.
*Leaving Adult meal prices as we do comply with CSDE guidelines. Adult breakfast will remain at $2.75 and Adult Lunch will be $4.00. Adult lunch prices do not include a beverage.
*Bethel’s prices are similar to other school districts in this area and across the state.

Summary of the Briefing:
1. To raise the school meal prices to cover increases in labor and food costs and continue to have the school lunch program run at or above break-even and to meet the USDA Paid Lunch Equity requirements.
2. To set the price for reduced priced breakfast at $0.00 instead of $0.30 for the year 2019-2020. This will continue to encourage participation in the breakfast program and insure that our neediest students are fed each morning. The cost to the board should be less than $2,000. This year we are on pace to serve over 6,000 reduced-priced breakfasts.

Attachments: (1)

1.C. Approval – Food Service Management Contract Renewal

1.D. Healthy Foods Certification for CSDE

Rationale:

*CSDE requires annual certification by the Board of Education for participation in the Healthy Foods Certification Program
*In participating, Bethel can only serve beverages, foods, snacks and a la carte items that have been specifically approved by the CSDE.
*For participation, the District receives and additional 10 cents reimbursement from the State on each meal served. This is important to the financial success of our program which has always been self-sustaining.

Attachments: (1)

2. Personnel

2.A. Upcoming bargaining unit negotiations

Rationale: Upcoming bargaining unit negotiations: Nurses, Custodians, Administrators/ Executive Session will be needed at full BOE meeting

3. Budget

3.A. Overview of Audit of Prior Year

Attachments: (1)

3.B. Budget Status: Current Year and Next Year

3.C. Budget Transfers

4. Audience Participation

5. Adjourn

March 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Resource Management & Business Operations Committee Meeting