The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County has unanimously approved a plan to leave school meal prices at the same level as they have been for the last 11 years in which students have had to pay for meals.
Under the plan, approved at the Board’s May 6, 2026, meeting, full-price breakfast at all levels for the 2026-27 school year would remain at $1.50, elementary school lunches would cost $2.75, and secondary school lunches would cost $3.00. The price of milk would remain at 55 cents. Reduced-price breakfast and meal prices at all levels would also remain unchanged.
“I continue to be extremely proud of what our Food & Nutrition Services team does for families across our county,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell said. “Director Monique Rolle and her team run an efficient and effective operation that results in families not having to worry about increased costs of school meals when there are so many other costs rising around them.”
The school system’s Division of Food and Nutrition Services receives the vast majority of its funding, 71 percent, from federal reimbursements. It receives approximately 23 percent of its funding from sales of meals and approximately 5 percent from the State of Maryland.
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