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Watch Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention
School lunch prices on the rise
School lunch prices on the rise
By Denise Jewell Gee
Aug 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2014
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Add school lunches to the long list of problems putting educators in a pickle. Amid federal rules that require more fruits, vegetables and whole grain breads, there’s another mandate: increase the price of school lunches to match what the government pays. That directive – along with pricier foods, increasing labor costs and declining sales – is pushing prices up across the region to as much as $3 per lunch. Students in more than half of the school districts in Erie and Niagara counties will pay more for lunch this year. Five districts, including Grand Island, Holland and Cheektowaga-Sloan, will ask students to pay 25 cents more this year. And some school districts will start the new year trying to figure out how to stop losing money on lunches. “You can’t just keep raising the price,” said Frontier School Board President Patrick Boyle. Frontier Central found out the hard way what happens when you increase prices too quickly.