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Article: Schools feel crunch on lunch programs ; Food costs hit budgets hard
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 16, 2008
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The rising cost of grain, milk, and vegetables is expected to
drive up school lunch prices this fall for tens of thousands of
students, causing even further financial hardships for already-
strapped public school systems across Massachusetts, education
officials said.
Some of the school systems that will be hit the hardest are the
ones trying to offer the healthiest menu choices - fresh fruits and
vegetables and other vitamin-rich choices that cost more than the
processed fare that marked school lunches of old.
Dozens of districts, such as Brookline, Chelmsford, Quincy, and
Marshfield, will increase prices 25 cents to 50 cents this fall in
hopes of avoiding a deficit next year.
Tonight, the ...
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