During a brief meeting of the Trenton R-9 Board of Education on Tuesday night, members set lunch prices for the 2007-2008 school year, set the date for the tax rate hearing and approve several MSBA policy updates.
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Meal prices for next year will remain the same following a report from Superintendent Becky Albrecht, which showed the food service having a net loss of $2,970.06 during the past school year. Mrs. Albrecht noted that it is not the intent of the district to make money on its food program, but would like to see the program at least break even. The loss for the past school year was less than the loss posted the prior year.
Lunch prices for next year will be $1.65 at the high school and middle school and $1.40 at Rissler Elementary, while breakfast prices will be $1 at both the Rissler and middle schools. Reduced price lunches will be 40 cents at all buildings while reduced breakfast prices will be 30 cents. Adult lunch prices will remain at $2.
The board set the annual tax levy rate hearing for 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 14 at the district office. The hearing will be held prior to the regular monthly board meeting, which will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Several MSBA policies, procedures and forms were approved by the board as well as a policy regarding the A-Plus Program, which the board voted to modify to fit what the R-9 District is already doing in that program. According to Mrs. Albrecht, the MSBA had recommended that students have just one out-of-school suspension to be expelled from the A-Plus Program, while the R-9 District allows for two suspensions. She said it was the district’s feeling that a student should be allowed a second chance before being taken out of the program.
Also approved by the board was the Special Education Assurance Statements, required to allow the district to receive federal funding for its special education program, and the zeroing out of all student activity accounts. Mrs. Albrecht noted that the student activity account action is a bookkeeping procedure and that groups who have money at the end of the school year will still have those funds placed in their activity accounts at the start of the school year.
Mrs. Albrecht gave a summer school report, which showed a final student count of 292, which was 50 more than last year. She said that a representative from Newton Learning will come to the September board meeting to give an final report on summer school, including results of a survey of students, parents and staff.
There was no closed session as had previously been announced.
All votes taken were 6-0. Dorothy Taul was absent.