Sedalia School District 200 has sustained deficits in its food services each of the past two years. To be clear, the shortfalls are not due to mismanagement or faulty practices, but rather unexpectedly steep increases in the price of food.
The district raised meal prices going into the 2011-12 school year, and has increased them again for 2012-13. As reported by the Democrat’s Bob Satnan, on May 14 Assistant Superintendent Brad Pollitt told the school board, “We’re projecting a $33,000 to $35,000 loss by the end of this school year (in food services).” The district had increased prices by 5 cents for breakfast and a dime for lunch going into the past school year, “but we’re still running in the red with that raise. It’s getting harder and harder to keep up,” Pollitt said.
kAmpE |@?52J’D D49@@= 3@2C5 H@C< D6DD:@?[ 2? 677@CE E@ 4=@D6 E92E 82A H2D 5:D4FDD65i %96 3@2C5 :D 4@?D:56C:?8 >@G:?8 E@ 4@?EC24E65 7@@5 D6CG:46 E9C@F89 2? @FED:56 G6?5@C]k^Am
kAm~A22P u@@5 |2?286>6?E 82G6 2 AC6D6?E2E:@? 23@FE :ED @776C:?8D[ 2?5 $E2? y@9?D@?[ 3FD:?6DD 56G6=@A>6?E 2DD@4:2E6 7@C E96 r96DE6C7:6=5\32D65 4@>A2?J[ D2:5 2 762D:3:=:EJ DEF5J @7 E96 5:DEC:4E’D 7@@5 D6CG:46 D9@H65 :E 4@F=5 D66 “D:8?:7:42?E D2G:?8D” 3J >@G:?8 E@ 4@?EC24E65 D6CG:46] y@9?D@? D2:5 E96 >2:? C62D@? :D 4@>A2?:6D DF49 2D ~A22P AFC492D6 7@@5 :? 8C62E6C BF2?E:E:6D E@ D6CG6 >F=E:A=6 5:DEC:4ED[ D@ E96J 86E G@=F>6 5:D4@F?ED]k^Am
kAm%H@ <6J A@:?ED E@ <66A :? >:?5 2C6 E92E 7656C2= >2?52E6D @? D49@@= >62=D H:== 364@>6 >@C6 56>2?5:?8 DE2CE:?8 :? E96 72==[ 2?5 E9C@F89 E96 3:5 AC@46DD E96 5:DEC:4E 42? 2?5 =:<6=J H@F=5 C6BF:C6 E92E 2== 4FCC6?E 7@@5 D6CG:46 6>A=@J66D H@F=5 >2:?E2:? E96:C ;@3D 2?5 4@?E:?F6 E@ 36 5:DEC:4E 6>A=@J66D H:E9 E96:C D2>6 36?67:ED A24<286]k^Am
kAm~A22P 8F2C2?E66D 4@>A=:2?46 H:E9 E96 ?6H 7656C2= 8F:56=:?6D[ 2?5 :ED D2>A=6 >6?FD D9@H 4@?D:56C23=6 G2C:6EJ] y@9?D@? D2:5 9:D 4@>A2?J 36=:6G6D :? 8:G:?8 DEF56?ED @AE:@?D[ 3642FD6 :7 E96J 86E E@ 49@@D6 H92E E96J 2C6 62E:?8 E96J 2C6 >@C6 =:<6=J E@ 4@?DF>6 :E 2?5 ?@E ;FDE E9C@H E96 7@@5 :? E96 EC2D9]k^Am
kAm$E2E6 2?5 7656C2= C6G6?F6D 7@C 65F42E:@? 2C6 D9C:?<:?8[ 2?5 25>:?:DEC2E@CD 92G6 H@C<65 92C5 E@ <66A E96 :>A24E @7 E9@D6 4FED 2H2J 7C@> E96 4=2DDC@@>] %96 5:DEC:4E 42??@E H:E9DE2?5 >@C6 C65 :?< 7C@> :ED 7@@5 D6CG:46]k^Am
kAm%96 3@2C5 H:== 564:56 2E :ED yF=J `e >66E:?8 H96E96C :E H:== AFCDF6 3:5D 7@C 4@?EC24E65 >62= D6CG:46D] (:E9 =@H6C 7@@5 4@DED[ 2DDFC2?46D E92E 2== 4FCC6?E 7@@5 D6CG:46 A6CD@??6= H:== 36 C6E2:?65 2?5 8C62E6C G2C:6EJ 7@C DEF56?ED[ E96 49@:46 :D @3G:@FD]k^Am
kAmxE’D ?@E 2 >2EE6C @7 H96E96C E@ AFCDF6 3:5D[ 3FE C2E96C H9:49 D6CG:46 H:== 36DE D6CG6 E96 5:DEC:4E’D 2?5 DEF56?ED’ ?665D]k^Am
