Additional School Lunch Information Letter from Sandra Guryan, Assistant Superintendent for Business, Finance and Planning:
As the school year is ready to begin, we are writing to update you about our school lunch program, which is up and running in all of Newton’s schools. We do need to ask for your understanding and to inform you that we still are completing the process of transitioning to a long-term solution for nutritious and affordable food service in the Newton Schools. You may recall that in light of increasing financial constraints, the School Committee approved a budget initiative that called for either contracting out the school lunch program or achieving significant savings to the existing in-house program through labor negotiations, beginning this year.
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In addition to this letter, you will receive and find on the Newton Public Schools website Mr. Clickstein’s letter explaining all the information about the lunch program, menus, how to prepay and his commitment to providing an excellent lunch program for all students. Please note that there are no increases in the lunch prices; the prices remain the same as they have been for over six years.