Student lunches will cost a bit more next year at White County Schools. The board of education Thursday night approved a request from School Nutrition Director Abby Rowland to increase the cost of student lunches by 25 cents.
White County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Laurie Burkett an elementary said student lunch costs will go from $2.00 To $2.25 middle and high will go from $2.25 to $2.50. The Adult meal will be $3.75 to $4.00.
Burkett said all students receive breakfasts for free.
The board also approved initiating a transportation app so parents can keep abreast of where the buses are during their pickup and delivery process.
Superintendent Burkett told the board that we already have GPS on the buses and this would just be another layer. A parent will be able to download an app on their phone and use it to determine where their child’s bus is.
Burkett says they get calls all the time from parents wanting to know where the bus is, especially if the bus has some type of delay in their route.
The school system is looking at implementing the app system sometime next school year.
