The Warren County School District expects to serve more than $2.4 million worth of federally reimbursed school meals during the 2026-27 school year.

Among the items to be discussed during tonight’s Warren County School District Board of Education meeting is renewal of the district’s contract with the Food Services Management Company and application to the state Education Department for the National School Lunch Program using the Community Eligibility Provision for the district. The Community Eligibility Provision makes free meals available to students in high-poverty areas without having to submit an income eligibility application. Determinations for eligibility in a school or district are based on the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced cost meals based on participation in other means-tested programs, according to the USDA. The program is optional for educational entities and schools and districts must apply to participate..

Documentation attached to the board’s agenda shows the district is expecting to serve 690,123 federally reimbursable meals and snacks in the coming school year with total federal reimbursement coming to $2,422,534.30. State reimbursements are expected to total $187,766.48 while other sponsor-to-sponsor agreements will total $200,000. Total revenue for the lunch program comes to $2,906,411.78. Total costs for the program between SFA costs and Food Services Management Company costs total $3,101,410.59, leaving a gap of $194,998.81.

Also up for approval are two items discussed during committee meetings in March.

The board’s agenda includes approval of a proposal to enroll in the NRG Curtailment Solutions Powerpay! program, which will allow the Warren County School District the possibility to receive payment checks if we curtail electricity usage during Penelec’s peak usage hours. A reduction would be required within 30 minutes based on PJM’s notification of an event or within 60 or 120 minutes if a lead time exception is granted by PJM. Maximum event durations would be up to 12 hours from June through October and up to 15 hours from November through April. In the event that PJM exercises its authority to call an emergency event that develops rapidly and without prior warning, the district would agree to employ commercially reasonable efforts to reduce its committed load immediately upon notification from NRGCS. The district could run a generator to satisfy its obligation if it signs on to the PowerPay! program.

Board members will also vote on an application to participate in the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The program provides elementary students in awarded schools with a fresh fruit or vegetable snack at school during the school day to increase their consumption of healthy foods. Applicants must be approved sponsors of the National School Lunch Program. Elementary schools with the highest free/reduced meal eligibility rates whose application effectively demonstrates the ability to operate and administer the FFVP will be given priority. Warren County schools certified by the state Education Department as eligible to participate are Sheffield Area Elementary School, Youngsville Elementary School, Eisenhower Elementary School, Warren Area Elementary Center, and Beaty Warren Middle School students in fifth and sixth grades. It would cost $70 per student in each recipient school. The district, if it chooses to apply, would hear by June 30 if it is accepted into the program.

A second reading of Policy Number 2310, titled – Meeting Notice, Posting of Meeting Agenda, & Official Action on Additions Made to the Meeting Agenda After it is Posted, will be presented.

Several sports coaches positions are up for approval as well. Ashley Elms is on the agenda to be hired as Eisenhower Middle-High School girls soccer head coach while coaching resignations include Melissa Feaster as WAHS cheerleading coach.

Two equipment purchases for the Warren County Career Center, utilizing a Supplemental Equipment Grant, are on the agenda. The Career Center is looking to purchase a Haas Knee Mill for the Machining Program and a Lincoln Pipefab Hyperfill Welder for the Welding Program.