Berkeley Schools Faces Meal Budget Gap

Berkeley (CA) Schools lunch program faces a $250,000 shortfall next year, reports the Bay Area News. To close the gap, the district school board will consider a proposal to increase lunch prices by 25 cents across the board. The prices currently are $3 in elementary schools, $3.50 in middle schools and $4 in high schools. The program, which recently opened a new $8 million central production kitchen, was started three years ago by Nutrition Services Director Ann Cooper, who was engaged by the district to improve the meal program and implement more fresh and healthy meal choices. Cooper, ...

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