| Higher lunch prices on menu at many districts
Better pack extra lunch money with your student this year. Higher milk prices are spilling over into area school cafeterias. More than a half-dozen school districts, pinched by rising prices and delivery costs, are raising food and/or milk prices for students this school year. "The cost of everything has gone up ... through the years," said Sandra Combs, food service director for the Imlay City School District, which is instituting its first price increase in about a dozen years. "It was time before we start going into the red." The increases may not seem like much. But they could add up for youngsters. School lunches and breakfasts for students are increasing as much as 30 cents in some area districts. In Imlay City, for instance, lunches ranging from $1.75 to $2.25 are up a quarter.
Zimbabwe gov't eases price controls
Zimbabwe's government will allow hotels, restaurants and bars to raise their rates by up to 50 percent, state media reported Saturday, in a relaxation of a price-cutting policy aimed at taming soaring inflation rates in the economically beleaguered country. .
A penny saved is a penny concern for trustees
School board members wrangled over the fate of a penny at Decatur ISD's special meeting Thursday night.
The meeting was called to adopt the 2007-08 budget, set the tax rate and hold a public hearing on the issues. By a vote of 4-2, the board adopted a maintenance and operation (M&O) tax of $1.03 per $100 valuation.
Board member Alan White and Kevin Haney voted against the measure. They supported a rate of $1.04. Board member Laura Montgomery was absent.
"Will the world come to a halt if we set the tax rate at $1.03?" board member Jerry Howard asked Gary Micinski during the meeting.
Micinski, the assistant superintendent for financial services at DISD, had just completed a thorough analysis of the 2007-08 budget. His budget presentation was predicated on a M&O tax rate of $1.04 per $100 valuation.
Teacher of the Week | Theresa Brooks
Age: 41
School and grade: Fourth grade at Wolf Lake Elementary in Apopka. This is my second year at Wolf Lake.
Education and experience: A bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Central Florida. I taught fourth grade at Rock Springs Elementary in Apopka, before coming to Wolf Lake.
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‘Skippy and Oaf’
ESCANABA � In his book entitled �Skippy and Oaf � The Battle Against Oxygen Radicals,� Craig S. Cousineau teaches children about the benefits of choosing good foods over junk food.
Cousineau, who now lives in Ann Arbor and is majoring in molecular biology at the University of Michigan, wrote the book while interning as a creative consultant at the Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District (ISD). ISD General Education Curriculum and Services Director Kristine Paulson, Cousineau�s supervisor, asked if he could come up with a way to make health and nutrition appeal to lower-level school children.
Cousineau immediately began developing a lesson plan, but his ideas grew to the point that he decided to write a book that would teach children about the importance of healthy eating habits while simultaneously stimulating their imaginations.
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