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If approved by the school board, the cost of a lunch at Coupeville Middle/High School will jump by 40 cents a day starting this fall.

In a memo to Superintendent Steve King, Finance Director Brian Gianello and the school’s Connected Food Program call for the cost to go from $3.45 to $3.85.

The change, which is on the agenda for Thursday’s school board workshop, would be the first price raise since the 2018-2019 school year.

That workshop, which can be attended by the public, is set for 5:30 PM in the Kathleen Anderson Boardroom at CHS.

Workshops, unlike regular board meetings, are not streamed.

The lunch price change will affect only the secondary school, and not Coupeville Elementary, thanks to the National School Lunch Program.

That program requires elementary schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students if 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals.

Coupeville Elementary currently sits at 38.05%.

State legislators have not stepped up to implement a similar program for secondary schools, however.

CHS/CMS offers lunch, but there is no plan to add a breakfast option for the 2024-2025 school year, according to the memo.

 

To read the memo in full, pop over to:

Click to access Meal%20Price%20Recommendation%202024-2025_Signed.pdf

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Paige Mueller

Paige Mueller is a local success story.

A Coupeville High School grad who followed in the footsteps of her forefathers by becoming a farmer, she and her husband own Bell’s Farm.

Mueller’s family has been tilling the soil of Whidbey Island since 1946 and are deeply connected to The Rock.

With another round of budget cuts looming on the horizon for the Coupeville School District, much has been said about the Connected Food Program.

Mueller strongly supports what Chef Andreas Wurzrainer and his crew have accomplished, and she lays out her thoughts in a letter to school board members which is included on the agenda for Thursday’s meeting.

In the letter, she talks about her own experiences as a farmer, and a former Coupeville Elementary School librarian.

“We have a responsibility as citizens of this world to guide students towards healthy food choices, away from processed foods, and to show them how food gets on their plate,” Mueller writes.

“For their health, the community’s health, and the health of our planet.”

 

To read her letter in full, pop over to:

Click to access P%20Muller%20Letter%20to%20the%20Board%20.pdf

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Fresh ‘n tasty food keeps local students primed for a day of learning. (Photo property Coupeville Connected Food Program)

The community dinner is back.

For the first time since the pandemic threw a wrench into things, the Coupeville Connected Food Program is holding a fundraiser full of tasty treats.

Chef Andreas Wurzrainer and his staff will tickle the tastebuds Oct. 5.

The event, which goes down in the Coupeville High School cafeteria (501 S. Main St.), runs from 5:30-6:30 PM.

Suggested donation is $6 per person or $25 for a family.

“We are super excited to have an anonymous donor who will be matching any donations,” Wurzrainer said.

“All donations will be used exclusively to buy locally,” he added.

“To continue our strong relationships with local farmers and vendors and continue our mission of locally sourced scratch cooked school lunches.”

The menu includes pasta with meatballs from 3 Sisters Family Farms and marinara from tomatoes grown by the school farm.

There will also be prairie farm salad, kale salad with apples and cranberries, and a DaSilva Farms blueberry cupcake.

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