The Culver School Board finalized an update to the corporation’s debt collection policy Monday. Superintendent Karen Shuman said school officials have been reevaluating the way they go about making sure people resolve their negative account balances.
Culver Schools to Do Away with Alternative Lunch for Students with Negative Account Balances
Students at Culver Community Schools who have fallen behind in their lunch payments will now continue to get regular hot lunches. Previously, students who had accumulated a negative balance in their lunch accounts beyond a certain amount had been given an alternative box lunch. The issue, according to Superintendent Karen Shuman, is that students were still being charged, even though they weren’t getting a regular lunch.
Meal Prices to Stay the Same at Triton Schools
While other school corporations are seeing a slight increase in cafeteria prices for the next school year, the Triton School Corporation will not follow the current trend.
Superintendent Donna Burroughs said she feels parents and students will appreciate the efforts made by the food services staff in keeping the prices at the same level.
Meal Prices to Increase at Plymouth Schools
Food Services Director Gloria Burnam informed the Plymouth Community School Board Monday night that meal prices will increase for the next school year.
She said that lunch prices have not increased in two years.
“Lunch prices for kindergarten to sixth grade will be $1.95 which is a $.10 increase. Lunch for seventh through 12th grades will be $2.05 which is a $.10 increase. We will increase breakfast as well to $1.20. It’s been at $1.10 for at least 15 years,” explained Burnam.
Meals to be Served at Culver Schools This Week
The cafeteria staff at the Culver Community School Corporation has been busy during this spring break to offer children healthy meals.
Carin Clifton, Food Services Director at the Culver schools, said about 10 children a day were served breakfast while up to 25 children took advantage of lunch during last week’s first week of spring break.
Culver Schools to Offer Meals during Spring Break
The Culver Community School Corporation will offer breakfast and lunch for students ages 18 and younger during spring break.
Breakfast will be served at the Culver Elementary School from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. while lunch is from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. That schedule is good weekdays from Monday, March 27 to Friday, April 7.
