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No such thing as a free lunch
Bayport-Blue Point seeks to lower -its meal costs
By RYAN McGARRY
RAYPOHT — With the first day of school less than
three weeks away, the Bayport Blue Point Board of
Education (BOE) has yet to develop a plan to combat
the potentially rising lunch prices and a possible
deficit in the district's food service program.
After tabling the proposed adoption of a new meal
service price that would increase student lunch prices
by close to 30 percent at the Jury board meeting, the
BOE voted unanimouslyon Tuesday, Aug. 7 to abstain
from the increased figures.
Board President James March stood in open opposition to such significant increases that would bring the
price of a student lumen at the middle and high school
levels up to $2.35.
"Well start with last year's rates ... I couldn't, in
good faith, put additional expenses on our student
body," March said.
Currently, the Bayport-Blue Point School District
receives its food supplies through contract with the
Patchogue-Medford School District. However, a
change in managerial personnel in the PatchogueMedford District has prompted Superintendent Anthony Annunziato to re-enter negotiations with the neighboring district.
With 2,524 students in the district, 94 of which are
eligible for free or reduced-price lunches, and lacking
the facilities necessary to provide its own food services, Annunziato is concerned the districts meal program may run in the red without increases.
"But, even still, it's hard to justify the approval of
such an increase ... I do not have complete faith in the
current numbers," Annunziato said.
One of the first assignments for newly appointed
Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance
Michael Cirpiani, will be to review the district's lunch
program and recommend viable alternatives to staying
with the Patchogue-Medford School District, according to Annunziato, who reported concern with the pro-
posed price changes that would make Bayport-Blue
Point's lunch cost significantly more than that of
Patchogue-Medfords.
"It's curious to us as to why Pat-Med is able to charge
less for what is essentially the same lunch... of course
delivery fees kick up the cost, but not that significantly," March said.
Patchogue-Medford's Director of Food Services
could not be reached by press time.
If the district were to abandon the Patchogue-Medford deal entirely and find their own supplier, food
preparation would still haveto be provided by the supplier, a service that could prove costing the district
more than it currently does to do business with their
neighbor.
"Upgrading the facilities has not really been discussed, the high school has a partially closed campus
... the community was just hammered with a bond
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