Families in the Fort Mill School District will pay higher prices for cafeteria meals next fall — and they could see increased sports fees, too. The Rock Hill Herald reports the school board voted unanimously this week to increase meal costs by less than a dollar for the first time in eight years.
Breakfast will increase by 50 cents. Elementary school lunches will increase by 75 cents. Middle and high school lunches will also increase by 75 cents. The increases will not affect students who receive free and reduced-price meals.
Higher prices will bring in more than $971,000 in projected revenue, according to Tammie Welch, the student nutrition director. That money would help cover an expected budget shortfall of $1.15 million from this school year.
The board discussed raising sports fees for the first time in more than a decade to pay coaches higher stipends. The current $100 fee to participate in middle and high school sports would increase to $150 under the proposal.
