Ryan Fealey, the school district's finance director, said the meals deficit for the ... the district receives a much lower reimbursement rate of 55 cents per lunch and 41 cents per breakfast.

The program has been a massive success, reducing families’ food insecurity and improving academic performance.

Brainard and Helke Funeral Homes presented a $9,000 check to the Wausau School District’s School Nutrition Services.

“Today lunch was a 10/10 really good,” West ... among other additions. To be reimbursable, school meals must meet the USDA’s nutrition standards, so any change to the menu sets off a ...

Every student in kindergarten through 12th grade can get free meals at school. Voters said so in 2022, when they approved a new tax on households making more than $300,000, to cover the costs of ...

“The cuts range from cutting different meals to cutting high school grades,” Johnson said. “There's another option to decrease the reimbursement ... and provide free lunch only Provide ...