School Lunch Prices Go Up

Prices of "Type A'F lunches served in the cafeterías of the secondary schools in the Ann Arbor School System will be increased next semester. Students will be charged 45 cents- an increase of 5 cents, and adults will be charged 60 cents- a 10-cent hike. There will also be a corresponding hike in "a la carte" items. The Ann Arbor Board of Education approved the price increases last night. The changes are expected to add $5,000 to income next semester. "Type A" lunches are those which fulfill certain minimum Idietary requirements, accordling to U.S. Government standards. The cafetería price increases ire one of about 20 steps being ;aken by the Board of Educaron to restore a special reserve Df $215,000 to the 1968-69 budget which had been over-spent on personnel salaries. This sum is earmarked for the opening of Huron High School and King Elementary Schools. The increase is also the result of a deficit incurred las year in cafetería operations as a result of rising food prices and overtime wages. The last price increase of 5 cents occurred in the fall of 1966. o o Mrs. Rachel Schreiber, acting director of elementary educaition, reported to the Board of Education last night in brief - ing session that no uniform policy exists regarding the required participation of school children in recess periods after they have been ill. Mrs. Schreiber said that 'estigation revealed each prinipal had been deciding whethr to require a note from the hild's physician or from the a r e n t s explaining why the child could not go outside durng recess. The trustees did not request hat a uniform policy be formuated, so it appears it will remain the same as before. Trustee Richard M. Wood has asked t h a t the situation be studied. o o The trustees took a tour of the Jones Building yesterday at 5:30 p.m. A tour of the adminïstrative offices at 1220 Wells will be taken at a later date. u u Ann Arbor Education Associa-I tion President Harold Collinsl told the board that all mem-l bers of the teachers' bargainingl unit have either joined the! "united profession" (National Education Association, Michigan Education Association) or.J have paid their agency shop dues. o o The trustees approved the re-j appointments of Frank Comstock and Clarence McFall to the Recreation Advisory Board, along with the new appointment of Arthur Yost. All three terms will expire Dec. 31, 1971. The City Council approved all three appointments Monday. o o A list of 49 graduates of Ann Arbor's 1969 Practical Nurse Education class was approved by the school board. Graduation exercises will be held at 8 p.m. Jan. 22 in the Ann Arbor High School auditorium. o o The trustees approved a new trial plan to allow children about to be released f rom the University's Children's Psychiatrie Hospital to be admittedl to the Ann Arbor public schools. According to the plan, up to five students at a time would be admitted to the public schools. These students would be inpatients, but almost ready to return to their home schools. The purpose is to give the children a chance to try a regular school setting before being dismissed as patients. o o The board accepted withj thanks four gifts last night tol the public schools: an automatic insertion stapler, a gymnasium mat and a piece ■ of playground equipment from the Lawton Parent-Teacher Organization for use at Lawton; and! a portable survey meter for use by the science department from Dr. L. F. Rittershofer.