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Meal prices will see an increase for the 2025-2026 school year due to expected rise in direct food costs.
“ We’re seeing about [a 2.5% increase] … we’re really seeing it …
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Meal prices will see an increase for the 2025-2026 school year due to expected rise in direct food costs.
“ We’re seeing about [a 2.5% increase] … we’re really seeing it in anything that’s fresh fruit and vegetables, very, very expensive, and that’s a big driver, and we use a lot of that in our meals,” Mary Jo Lewis, the business services coordinator for the district said.
At the elementary level students will see a $0.10 change in breakfast prices for students with no change for adults. This means elementary costs will go from $2.25-$2.35 and middle and high school meals will go from $2.50-$2.60. Breakfast costs for adults will stay at $3.
For lunch prices elementary meals will go from $3.60-$3.75, while at the middle and high school prices will go from $3.85-$4. Adult lunch prices will increase from $5 to $5.25.
Additional milk will stay at $0.60.
The 2024-2025 school year also saw an increase in meal prices. There was a $0.10 increase in breakfast and lunch prices.
According to information provided to the school board, other drivers for an increase in meal costs in the 2025-2026 school year include increased salaries and benefits for staff, increased equipment repair costs, health insurance premiums and an escalation of Wyoming Retirement System contributions.
